Note: If the user has not saved the open file, all data will be lost. Select the files the files needing to be closed.Ī warning message will appear that the files will be forcefully closed. On the far right hand side under Actions, click on Manage Open Files (this menu may take a moment to load).Īnother screen will pop up showing every folder and file that is open and what users are accessing what files. If the User Account Control dialog box appears, confirm that the action it displays is what you want, and then click Yes. If you navigated using Manage Server, select Share and Storage Management Or navigate to Control PanelAll Control Panel ItemsAdministrative Tools. Navigate to Share and Storage Management.

To close out of the locked file, log on to the file server as an administrator. In the console tree, click System Tools, click Shared Folders, and then click Open Files. If the User Account Control dialog box appears, confirm that the action it displays is what you want, and then click Yes. If that user was not available to request that the file be closed (say for example they went on vacation and left the file open on their machine), one method is to forcefully close it from the file server. Using a command line To close an open shared file or folder by using the Windows interface Open Computer Management.

A common way to share files in a network is to use a file server, however when two users try to access the same file, that file will be locked to the second user.

Close open files server 2012