How does XnView "locks" open files?

[Peter2]

(I'm not a specialist in this case so maybe my wording will sound a little bit strange).

Many applications "lock" the file which is opened: When I try to open the same opened file I get an alert, and there are some commands which show the user if the file is used/opened/locked by another user.

How does XnView handles this situation? Does it "lock" the files? if yes - how to find it out in Windows?

Regards

Peter

[XnTriq]

In my experience, XnView's browser locks directories.
I never ran into problems with files that were in use.

• NirSoft: OpenedFilesView
• Cédrick Collomb (ccollomb): Unlocker
• Dr. Hoiby: WhoLockMe
• Microsoft
  • Windows Sysinternals: Process Explorer / Handle
  • Windows 2000 Resource Kit Tools for administrative tasks
    oh.exe (Open Handles) / inuse.exe (File-In-Use Replace Utility)
  • Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools
    oh.exe (Open Handles)

• Ramesh Srinivasan: Know which process has locked a file
• WinHelpOnline Blog: View Open Handles to a File or Folder From the Context Menu