Who has a file open?

[gtwatson77459]

Is there a plugin for TC that will add a custom column that lists the username that has a file open?

We are on a network with many users who leave their computers on and software running on a shared network drive. I would like to see the user who has an EXE file open so I can go over and shut down their PC so I can update to a newer version of the EXE they have open.

I'm running Win7-64 if that matters.

TIA

[ghisler(Author)]

No, not to my knowledge. Personally I'm using the Tool LockHunter, which is accessible from the TC context menu.

[Peter]

... the Tool LockHunter....

Seem to have problems with files in Network

Peter

[ghisler(Author)]

Is there a tool which can do this over a network? Not to my knowledge.

[Peter]

Is there a tool which can do this over a network? Not to my knowledge.

I do not know. One of my admins tried today with "Process Explorer" from Sysinternals and he get the "Handles". But he did it on his PC.

Peter

[ZoSTeR]

The commands "openfiles" and "net file" allow this.
With
openfiles /query /s servername
you can query a remote system.

[Peter]

The commands "openfiles" and "net file" allow this.
With
openfiles /query /s servername
you can query a remote system.

You mean these are commands from "CMD" and not from another software?

Peter

[MVV]

Theese are command-line tools and may be used from any command-line software (cmd.exe is an example). Both require admin rights or elevation.

[Peter]

Thanks to both

Peter

[ZoSTeR]

Here's s simple solution to query a specific file.
Button code, copy and paste and replace the servername:

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TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA
%comspec% /k openfiles /query /fo csv /s servername | find /i
"%N"
%comspec%


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[MVV]

BTW openfiles works incorrectly under Windows x64 (it seems that 64-bit version must be used here). So %windir%\SysNative\cmd.exe should be used instead of %comspec%.

And, under Vista/7 with UAC it requires admin rights, so button must be started with elevation (or path to my Sudo tool may be inserted at the beginning of command line).

[Peter]

Here's s simple solution to query a specific file.
Button code, copy and paste and replace the servername:
....

Using it from UNC-path, I get an error "UNC not supported .... and more .."
Using it from a mapped network-drive I get:

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FIND: Parameter format not correct
ERROR: Access is denied

My permissions:
I have full rights of the network-share, but I don't have full admin-rights.

Peter