need help

[Guest]

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Hi

I am trying to open handle to file through File.Open command. After
opening file data from other FTP server starts downloading into that
file. But for some reason, file does not get downloaded and handle to
that file stays open. File openings is operating system command.

How can I unlock that specific file so that it can be used by other
process.

One solution is that I reboot machine and it will refresh the handles,
but I cannot reboot machine as it is Server.

Can anyone tell me how can I unlock that file ?

Silent Ocean

 

[Shawn]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

Hi Silent Ocean,


You can't do much when a file is locked but close the program that is
locking it. If it is your viewer that is locking the file, and not letting
people download the file, then the only suggestion I can give is to make a
copy of the file and edit it.
--
"If it's not broken, fix it anyway"


"Silent Ocean" wrote:

> Hi
>
> I am trying to open handle to file through File.Open command. After
> opening file data from other FTP server starts downloading into that
> file. But for some reason, file does not get downloaded and handle to
> that file stays open. File openings is operating system command.
>
> How can I unlock that specific file so that it can be used by other
> process.
>
> One solution is that I reboot machine and it will refresh the handles,
> but I cannot reboot machine as it is Server.
>
> Can anyone tell me how can I unlock that file ?
>
> Silent Ocean
>