Windows process filename

For Windows 7 and above, you can use the built-in Resource Monitor. Open Resource Monitor, which can be found By searching for resmon. Open Process Explorer running as "administrator" by running procexp. Type in the name of the locked file or other file of interest in the Search dialog box, then click "Search". Partial names are usually sufficient. A list will be generated.

There may be a number of entries. Click one of the entry, it'll "Refreshing handles". Improve this question. Peter Mortensen Muhammad Muhammad 1 1 gold badge 3 3 silver badges 3 3 bronze badges. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes.

Improve this answer. Salman A Salman A k 78 78 gold badges silver badges bronze badges. It would be interesting to know how to get a PID in the first place, though this is not asked by the OP.

Jaywalker: You can use EnumProcesses msdn. Instead of including psapi. Show 2 more comments. Brian R. Bondy Brian R. Bondy k gold badges silver badges bronze badges. Arun T. Arun 3 3 silver badges 15 15 bronze badges. Nicolas Repiquet Nicolas Repiquet 8, 2 2 gold badges 29 29 silver badges 47 47 bronze badges.

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The default is an empty string "". You must set at least the FileName property before you start the process. The file name is any application or document.