How to check if a file is in use by other App in C#?

[LarryChen]

If a file is in use, is there any way to close the file so that the file can be opened by current App? Thanks.

[Erendar]

My idea would be to 1st find who has the handle on the file.
And then to kill the process.

However that's harsh as killing a process leads to unexpected results like the file being corrupted. Furthermore if a file had a handle preventing from opening there should be a reason that no other access it.

[curt_c]

Hi,

Try this link


http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/For...0-a78437956bc8

Curt