Windows – Fix IPMIView Startup Issues on Windows 7 or 10

i have had similar problems. it seems to be related to logging in to a different server with a different password. for instance, i had a user password for one share and a different one for another - both with the same login id. after i attached both of the shares, it would forever mess up logging into one of them. even after i no longer used one of them, the remaining one always prompted me to login. the solution that seemed to fix it for me was:

1. removed all network mapped drives
2. i remapped everything on the command line: net use z: \myserver\theshare /persistent:yes

after doing that, the drive map worked fine. windows seems to be saving authentication for old shares and gets confused.

-don

I've had success with Sysinternals Process Explorer. With this, you can search to find what process(es) have a file open, and you can use it to close the handle(s) if you want. Of course, it is safer to close the whole process. Exercise caution and judgement.

To find a specific file, use the menu option Find->Find Handle or DLL... Type in part of the path to the file. The list of processes will appear below.

If you prefer command line, Sysinternals suite includes command line tool Handle, that lists open handles.

Examples

• c:\Program Files\SysinternalsSuite>handle.exe |findstr /i "e:\" (finds all files opened from drive e:\"
• c:\Program Files\SysinternalsSuite>handle.exe |findstr /i "file-or-path-in-question"