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who-lock-it

What is this ?

When you try to rename/delete folder , you've seen a window like this, haven't you ?

folder in use

This window tell you that a folder is being locked by something program, but it never tell you WHICH PROGRAM IS locking a folder.

The "Who Lock It" is a Windows Desktop program (*.exe) to find which program is locking folders/files.

How to install

  1. Move program files (WhoLockIt folder) to a location you like.
  2. Make a shortcut file to WhoLockIt.exe in any directory you like (ex: Desktop).

How to use

  1. Drag and drop folders/files that you want to know which program is locking.

    drag and drop to EXE

  2. If there are locked files in droped items(files/folders), a result table is shown. Left column has paths of files, right column has names of processes that lock files. Unlocked files is not shown in the table.

    result window

License

GPL3.0