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The way around this I thought would be to make an image file of a smaller partition of the disk with the file inside and then write this resulting image to that small partition leaving the rest intact but the result was that the parition became unmountable and thus the file unreadable and so the disk was exactly as normal except smaller in capacity. Tips and notes about uploading a folder or files to a document library Some file types in the document library are blocked for security reasons. For more details on blocked file types, see Types of files that cannot be added to a list or library.
Display a list of open files, with owner information, on a networked file share:
Created for Windows 8.1 (used the same procedure for 7)
Created for Windows 8.1 (used the same procedure for 7)
4 Steps total
Step 1: Open an MMC console
mmc.exe in the Start Menu / command line
Step 2: Create a Snap-In
File > Add/Remove Snapin > Shared Folders
Step 3: Add your file Servers
Connect to 'another computer' (these are your file servers / Netapps / filers)
Make sure you've selected open files
Make sure you've selected open files
Step 4: Expand and View
Expand your new MMC - showing a list of open files
Make sure you save the snapin - else you'll have to start again!
You can right click and action an open file from here
Make sure you save the snapin - else you'll have to start again!
You can right click and action an open file from here
You will now be able to list all open files in shares.
Handy for 'locked' documents and auditing.
Handy for 'locked' documents and auditing.
11 Comments
- PoblanoDoomalex Apr 23, 2015 at 11:09amWhen i add servershare i get an error 'invalid computer name'
The share is a netgear nas
*edit* I clicked browse,added 'server' which appears as 'workgroupserver',which now works :) - MaceBiscuitKing Apr 23, 2015 at 11:54amI always forget about adding day to day things to MMC. thanks for the post.
- CayenneInevitableCheese Apr 23, 2015 at 01:11pmWorks like a charm! Thanks for sharing. I've had some times where files weren't deletable because they were open on unused PC's, so this can help narrow it down in the future.
- Jalapenotdhaslett Apr 23, 2015 at 02:21pmViewing Open Files is a handy way to see which machine on your network has a ransomware infection. The infected machine will have several files opened of the type that ransomware infections usually target, all within one common location. Note that it is also available on Windows 7 Pro. I was thrilled to find it on my machine recently, as I could never remember which shares came from which file server.
- AnaheimBrianar84 Apr 23, 2015 at 06:38pmAwesome! Thanks for the share, I am frequently running into this daily....
- Thai PepperDigital Man Apr 24, 2015 at 01:47amVery handy! Thanks for the tip. Worked like a charm!
- TabascoIT Knight Apr 24, 2015 at 02:43pmThis will come in very handy. I tend to go into the server in question each time.
Thanks for the post. - SerranoJTB63 May 4, 2015 at 12:37pmWOW thanks, it seems I always find something to make things quicker so I can get back to the major fires.
- Serranoswallace8182 Aug 26, 2015 at 02:48pmGlad that I found this, it will definitely come in handy! Thanks!!!
- Chipotlebhsoj Sep 30, 2015 at 02:34pmThanks for the reminder that most routine tasks can be done in MMC!! But, I feel like I'm missing out on something... what is in 'Luke's Box of Tricks.msc'?
- Pimientobrbearusa Sep 3, 2019 at 07:37pmThis post saved my day. This is no BS, straight to the point advice that saved a long day of waiting for a colleague to release the lock on a network file. THANK YOU!!