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<blockquote data-quote="RoChess" data-source="post: 686046" data-attributes="member: 18896">Or download 3rd party tools that do the same.SysInternals, now part of Microsoft still offers all their awesome tools for download.ProcExp = Process Explorer allows you to see what filehandles a program still has a lock on, and you can also unlock them without rebooting. I use this a lot when I'm unable to delete a file or folder, because explorer.exe or some other process did not release the handle properly.Start the program progexp.exe, goto Find -&gt;&nbsp; &quot;Find Handle or DLL...&quot; -&gt; type in the foldername that matches your import folder, for example &quot;Movies&quot; and press Enter.In the list below you will see something like:explorer.exe&nbsp; 3396&nbsp; handle&nbsp; D:\Movies\blabla.avidouble click that entry, so you are taken to the actual handle, then right click in the bottom on the handle and select &quot;close handle&quot;, this will give a warning telling you the risks involved and then it will kill the handle. This will release the lock and you are good to go.In your case however you want to keep an eye on what DLL is doing the lock, perhaps it is the mediainfo.dll one to scan the metadata, or whatever else. Or simply find out what the problematic movie is, so you can take it out of the import folders. Usually the problem can be permanently fixed by remuxing the file.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RoChess, post: 686046, member: 18896"] Or download 3rd party tools that do the same. SysInternals, now part of Microsoft still offers all their awesome tools for download. ProcExp = Process Explorer allows you to see what filehandles a program still has a lock on, and you can also unlock them without rebooting. I use this a lot when I'm unable to delete a file or folder, because explorer.exe or some other process did not release the handle properly. Start the program progexp.exe, goto Find -> "Find Handle or DLL..." -> type in the foldername that matches your import folder, for example "Movies" and press Enter. In the list below you will see something like: explorer.exe 3396 handle D:\Movies\blabla.avi double click that entry, so you are taken to the actual handle, then right click in the bottom on the handle and select "close handle", this will give a warning telling you the risks involved and then it will kill the handle. This will release the lock and you are good to go. In your case however you want to keep an eye on what DLL is doing the lock, perhaps it is the mediainfo.dll one to scan the metadata, or whatever else. Or simply find out what the problematic movie is, so you can take it out of the import folders. Usually the problem can be permanently fixed by remuxing the file. [/QUOTE]

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