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Handle2

An open-source alternative to the Sysinternals Handle

  • Identifies processes that are locking specific files or folders
  • Shows information about all handles in the system
  • Supports JSON output
  • Full Unicode support
    • Note: Sysinternals Handle doesn't support Unicode file names (more details)

System requirements

  • Windows 7 x64 and higher.

Usage

> Handle2.exe --help

Handle2 1.0
A console utility that displays information about system handles and identifies the processes locking a specific file or folder.
https://github.com/PolarGoose/Handle2

Usage:
  Handle2.exe [--json] [--path FILE_OR_FOLDER_FULL_NAME|--dump-all-handles]
Examples:
  Handle2.exe --path C:\Windows\System32
  Handle2.exe --json --path C:\Windows\System32\ntdll.dll
  Handle2.exe --json --path C:\Windows\explorer.exe
  Handle2.exe --json --dump-all-handles

Command-line options:

  --json                (Default: false) Json output

  --path                Required. (Default: false) path

  --dump-all-handles    Required. (Default: false) Displays information about all system handles.

  --help                Display this help screen.

  --version             Display version information.

How to build

  • To work with the codebase, Visual Studio 2022 can be used.
  • To build the project, run build.ps script (git.exe should be in the PATH)