LockingProcessKiller

0.9.0

Utility to discover & kill processes that have open handles to a file or folder

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5.1.14

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Install-Module -Name LockingProcessKiller

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Package Details

Author(s)

  • David Ramos

Tags

find lock locking file directory handle kill process

Functions

Find-LockingProcess Stop-LockingProcess

Dependencies

This module has no dependencies.

Release Notes

## Utility to discover & kill processes that have open handles to a file or folder.

### Find-LockingProcess()  
   Retrieves process information that has a file handle open to the specified path.
   Example: Find-LockingProcess -Path $Env:LOCALAPPDATA
   Example: Find-LockingProcess -Path $Env:LOCALAPPDATA | Get-Process

### Stop-LockingProcess()  
   Kills all processes that have a file handle open to the specified path.
   Example: Stop-LockingProcess -Path $Home\Documents

FileList

Version History

Version Downloads Last updated
0.9.0 (current version) 40,004 8/19/2021