Windows – How to install Server Manager on Windows 8 Professional

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"

You can get Hyper-V management console to work from domain client to a non-domain hyper-v host, I've done it several times and this guide with HVRemote from the very same John Howard actually gives you all the variants.

...do remember to launch the management tool "as another user.." and enter a valid administrative user that exists locally on the server (and/or use the HVRemote guide to set it up properly).