Accessing a file already in use [duplicate]

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Read file which is in use?

I am trying to access a file that is already in use in Windows 7. I have tried all the suggestions I could find on this site and other but no success yet.

What I have tried:

FileStream fs = new FileStream(iFile, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read);
FileStream fs = new FileStream(iFile, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.ReadWrite);
FileStream fs = new FileStream(iFile, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.ReadWrite, FileShare.ReadWrite);
FileStream fs = new FileStream(iFile, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.ReadWrite, FileShare.Read);

Always the same error

The process cannot access the file 'fileinuse' because it is being used by another process.

I am open to any work arounds to this problem.

Thanks in advance for any help!

Answer 1

If another process opens the file in "exclusive mode" then you cannot get access to the file.