Every now and then some app somewhere is going to hook into some user file and prevent it from loading when its host application is opening up, resulting in some kind of error. A common one is when opening Outlook: “The file C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\outlook.ost is in use and could not be accessed. Close any application that is using this file, and then try again.” 
Archive for April 3rd, 2012
Quickly Find Those File Handles
Posted by William Diaz on April 3, 2012
Posted in Troubleshooting Tools | Tagged: Outlook, Process Explorer | 1 Comment »
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