>>Using FOPEN('some.exe',1) to check whether or not the exe is in use will give accurate results if the folder is readwrite. If fopen() succeeds, then the exe is not in use. If fopen() fails, then the exe is in use.
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>>However, if the folder is readonly fopen() will always fail, even if it is not in use.
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>>Is there another way (preferably an API) that can tell whether or not the exe is in use, no matter by whom or by what process?
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>Maybe Thread#
1374298 could help.
Thanks for the link to this recent thread. That link ultimately leads to Sergey's
http://www.berezniker.com/content/pages/visual-foxpro/who-has-files-open-network, but it is of no use in my situation, as it produces an 'Access denied' message. That is normal and predicted behavior by the way, because in my situation the user is not an Administrator. The user running this program must be a member of the Administrators or Account Operators local group. (I'm not sure what 'Account Operators local group' exactly means.)
I wonder why Microsoft decided to unveil such information only to Administrators.
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