We can download this as well from the Microsoft website. The handle is another command-line tool from the Sysinternals. Method 2: Release a File Handle using the Handle Tool So we can close the file handle without ending the parent process. If the bottom panel with the list of open process handles is not displayed in Process Explorer, we enable the option View > Lower Pane View > Handles.

We right-click the handle and select Close Handle. The filehandle we looked for is automatically highlighted in the Process Explorer bottom panel. However, we can try and close the file handle without ending the process. We right-click on it and select Kill Process Tree to end the process.

The process has opened the file will be highlighted in the process tree. Then we need to specify the file name that we want to unlock and then we click SearchĤ. First, we select Find > Find Handle or DLL (or press Ctrl-F)ģ. There is no need to install ProcessExplorer: we can simply download, extract and run procexp.exe as administratorĢ. Here is the procedure to find a process that has locked a file.ġ. We can download it from the Microsoft website. ProcessExplorer is a free tool from the Sysinternals kit. Method 1: Unlock a File using Process Explorer Here are the different methods our Support Engineers provide to our customers to unlock a file locked by any process or system. How to unlock a file locked by any process or system

Today we’ll see how to unlock a file that shows busy/locked/used by another process. Here at Bobcares, we have seen several such Windows-related errors as part of our Server Management Services for web hosts and online service providers. To unlock the file, it is enough just to close the program. Usually, the program name that keeps the file open, is shown right in the File Explorer message window. Sometimes when we try to delete, rename or move a file in Windows, we may see a message ‘unlock a file locked by any process or system’.

Unlock a dll file