Find out which process is locking a file or folder in Windows

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00:00 Question
00:37 Accepted answer (Score 140)
01:09 Answer 2 (Score 1417)
02:11 Answer 3 (Score 456)
02:58 Answer 4 (Score 266)
04:06 Thank you

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Full question
https://superuser.com/questions/117902/f...

Accepted answer links:
[How to find out which process is locking a file or folder in Windows]: https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Ho...
[archive]: https://web.archive.org/web/201904301251...

Answer 3 links:
[Microsoft/SysInternals Process Explorer]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysin...
[WhoLockMe]: http://www.dr-hoiby.com/WhoLockMe/

Answer 4 links:
[Process Explorer]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysin...

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