Searching
One of the common problems Process Explorer
solves with ease is the question: what process has this file or directory
open, or which processes have a particular DLL loaded?
You can perform a handle and DLL search
by selecting Find|Find Handle or DLL
or by typing Ctrl+F. Searches are case insensitive substring searches
of all of the handles opened and DLLs loaded on the system with the text
you enter. Thus, to search for the process or processes that have c:directorysomefile.txt
open enter enough text to make the search find only the results you are
interested in e.g. "somefile".
The search dialog populates with the list
of results indexed by process. Select a line in the results to have Process
Explorer select the reported process and DLL or handle, and double-click
on a line to have it do the same and dismiss the Search dialog.
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