How do you find what process is holding a file open in Windows?

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Published on 2009-05-01T00:47:16Z Indexed on 2010/05/27 16:22 UTC
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One thing that annoys me no end about Windows is the old "sharing violation" error. Often you can't identify what's holding it open. Usually it's just an editor or explorer just pointing to a relevant directory but sometimes I've had to resort to rebooting my machine.

Any suggestions on how to find the culprit?

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