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Find out which process is locking a file or folder in Windows

PowerShell method: if ((Test-Path -Path $FileOrFolderPath) -eq $false) { Write-Warning "File or directory does not exist." } else { $LockingProcess = CMD /C "openfiles /query /fo ...
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Find out which process is locking a file or folder in Windows

Microsoft PowerToys File Locksmith utility does exactly what you are asking for. Right-click on the file or folder to open a context menu The utility opens, showing locking processes. There, you can ...
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Find out which process is locking a file or folder in Windows

A lot of the programs here are outdated. I finally ended up using nirsoft's OpenedFilesView which worked really well. Though the best part is the explorer menu integration, which is easy to enable. ...
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How does IPv4 subnetting work?

IP subnets exist to allow routers to choose appropriate destinations for packets. You can use IP subnets to break up larger networks for logical reasons (firewalling, etc), or physical need (smaller ...
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Graphics card and PSU requirement

The PSU must be capable of more than YYY watts, but that's far from being the whole story. First, the fact that a PSU has YYY watts written on it, does not mean that it is capable of really ...
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Graphics card and PSU requirement

There's a few things to look at. The average "recommended power requirement" is a safe bet with a typical system though as always, your mileage may vary. I might choose to be nutty enough and somehow ...
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How does IPv4 subnetting work?

Here's an extremely simple way of looking at it, that those new to Subnetting found it very easy to follow. So you're given your networks, and are told to break them up into smaller networks. ...
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Corrupted graphics, crashes, and noisy GPU fan after updating NVIDIA GeForce drivers to 364.xx

The 364.xx drivers are buggy. It's best to use version 362.00 until NVIDIA addresses these issues. WCCFtech has reported that many users are experiencing serious problems with the 364.72 drivers, ...
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Graphics card and PSU requirement

The "??? Watts needed" figure that comes with a graphics card is a very rough guesstimation and is frankly quite misleading. It makes assumptions about how many Watts the rest of the system ...
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What are the various link types in Windows? How do I create them?

this article has some distinctions one important distinction is that in a sense, junctions pre win7 were a bit unsafe, in that deleting them would delete the target directory. http://cects.com/...
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How to tell if a Windows computer has a 64-bit CPU or OS

Below is a list of methods for checking whether your currently installed Operating System is 32 or 64 bit, and whether your processor can support a 64 bit OS. Note that the methods will vary ...
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Find out which process is locking a file or folder in Windows

SysInternal's handle utility is designed exactly for this problem for the command line. Just execute the following: handle -a path Here is an example output: →handle -a "C:\Users\me\AppData\...
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How does IPv4 subnetting work?

Continued from: https://serverfault.com/questions/49765/how-does-subnetting-work/49836#49836 Your ISP gives you the range the network ID 192.168.40.0/24 (11000000.10101000.00101000.00000000). You ...
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How to tell if a Windows computer has a 64-bit CPU or OS

Command line, in Windows: wmic computersystem Just the system type: wmic computersystem get systemtype Terminal, in Linux: sudo lscpu Just the system type: sudo lscpu | grep Architecture
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Graphics card and PSU requirement

Many graphics card ship with a requirement of a PSU of at least XXX Watt. This is a simplification based on assuming a common setup and with a margin of error. Let’s look into what the real ...
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Graphics card and PSU requirement

Don't cheat on the minimum power requirements if you are planning to boot an operating system from a live USB flash drive on the same computer. The minimum power requirements provide a margin of ...
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What files, file types, and folders to exclude from user folder backup?

After careful examination I also exclude files under %APPDATA% that match (ignoring case) any of these regular expressions: Cache files /Mozilla/.*/Cache /MicrosoftEdge/Cache /Chrome/.*/Cache /...

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