OpenedFilesView for Windows

Manage files currently in use

OpenedFilesView displays every file that is presently open on your machine—whether held by running processes or by applications you launched. Each entry includes details such as the complete path, access rights (read/write), file attributes, and the owning process name. From this interface you can close selected file handles or stop processes that have hung or behave suspiciously.

When this helps: common locked-file scenarios

If Windows prevents you from removing, moving, or opening a file, OpenedFilesView can often release the handle so the operation succeeds. Typical messages you might encounter include:

• "Cannot delete [filename]: It is being used by another person or program. Close any programs that might be using the file and try again."
• "Cannot delete [filename]: There has been a sharing violation. The source or destination file may be in use."

Using the tool you can force-close the file handles that Windows wouldn’t normally allow you to close, letting you complete the delete/move/open action.

Actions you can take

• Close individual open file handles to free the file for other operations.
• Terminate processes that have crashed or appear suspicious and are keeping files in use.
• Inspect file metadata (path, permissions, attributes) to determine why a resource is locked.

Command-line behavior and saving options

A new command-line option was added to control how the list is sorted when saving results. When you run a save operation from the command line, OpenedFilesView respects the same filter and display options that were last configured in the GUI. For example, if the “Show Opened Directories” setting was turned off the last time you used the program, directories will not be included in the saved output.