How to remove a file lock manually in Microsoft Server 2008

How to remove a file lock manually in Microsoft Server 2008

How to remove a file lock manually in MS Server 2008

Open Administrative Tools -> Share and Storage Management.

From the Actions pane, click Manage Open Files.

All locked files and folders should be visible on this server.

To clear a lock, select the relevant file and click “Close Selected”.

Note only use this method if other option to close / unlock a file have been tried and a user definitely not using the the file, otherwise data loss may occur.

Steve

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