[nflug] lsof equivalent in Windows?

[Robert Meyer]

Did you have the file manager (exploder) open, looking at the directory?  I've seen that happen more than once.  There is no equivalent for lsof or fuser (better program) to help.  What application *had* been looking at the drive before you tried to unmount it?

Cheers!

Bob

----- Original Message ----
From: K Olkowski <wpos2 at adelphia.net>
To: nflug at nflug.org
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 3:00:34 PM
Subject: [nflug] lsof equivalent in Windows?

Folks:

Is there any DOS command that is equivalent to lsof, or is there some 
other way to do this in Windows?

Here's why I ask: someone at work attempted to unmount their thumb 
drive, and got a message similar to "generic volume cannot be unmounted 
at this time. . . ."  I looked at open processes and nothing seemed to 
be open that would have a file on the thumb drive open.  If it were my 
thumb drive, then I'd just yank it out anyway, but I tend to have more 
respect for others' things.  I resolved this by rebooting the machine. 
I figured that knowing which files on the thumb drive, if any, were open 
MAY give a clue as to which program or process has it open. 
Additionally, I know that there may be other reasons why Windows hijacks 
drives.
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