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Windows scripting noob here. Say I've got the name of a .dll I need to delete or copy over, and I'm getting the classic "The file is in use by another process…" error. I know I can run tasklist with the /m switch and pass it the dll name. Then I can get the PID for the processes and kill them with taskkill.
How can I do this in one step in a batch file?
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"
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Reminder: in a batch file you will need to use the double "%%" instead a single