Open File or Module Help

The "Open File List" dialog displays either the list of all Open Files for the current running processes or their list of modules. A module is dependences required by the process which is provided by a Dynamically Linked Library (.dll).

The Dialog contains two panels. The top panel lists the detailed file list. The lower panel displays additional information about the file selected in the upper panel.

When you first open this dialog, it will automatically start the file scan. The file scan can be very slow, depending on the number of open files. If you press the Abort button the scan will stop and display those files found.

After the Open File or Module scan completes, the Filter UI appears. Use the filter to find specific data or to exclude data. Enter text into the filter dialog and press the Filter button. Any matches will be Selected and their Match column will be marked with True. Use Right Click to Invert Selection or Clear Selection. Using the Fiter and popup menu you can prune the list.

The Tool bar contains the following commands:

  • Modules or Files - Toggles the viewer between displaying Modules and open Files
  • AutoUpdate - Toggles whether automatic updates occur
  • Refresh - Force immediate update
  • Reset - Clears list and reloads
  • Export - Prompt for filename and Save report as CSV (comma-separated-value, readable by Excel)
  • Print Setup - Open printer setup dialog
  • FitToPage - Toggles whether printing will try to force output to a single page
  • Print - Print network connections report
  • The upper panel dislays theh following information:

    ProcessProcess name which opened file or module
    PidProcess Id of owner
    DirectoryDirectory path of object which caused event
    NameName part of object which caused event
    ExtExtension part of object which caused event
    SizeSize of object at time of event (only for files)
    ModifiedTime of last modification
    TypeFile or Directory
    AccessAccess attributes of object (ReadOnly, Write, etc)
    Scan TimeTime of last refresh
    MatchWhen filter pattern used, indicates any match. Useful for sorting column

    When you click on a file or module in the upper panel which points to a real file (size is non-zero) additional information will be displayed in the lower panel. The lower panel displays standard file information include the file's cluster allocation. The cluster allocation list the disk clusters owned by the file.