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In C++ (specifically on Visual C++), sometimes you cannot open a file because another executable has it opened and is not sharing it for reads. If I try to open such a file, how can I programatically find out who’s locking the file?
In Windows 2000 and higher, you cannot do this without using a kernel-mode driver. Process Explorer and other similar tools load a driver automatically to accomplish this. This is because the file handles are in kernel space and not accessible by user-mode applications (EXE files).
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