A class that wraps the Windows Restart Manager API to detect which processes are locking files and manage application restarts.

Methods

Name
CreateSession
JoinSession
RegisterFile
RegisterFiles
IsResourcesLocked
GetProcessesLockingResources
Shutdown
Restart
Dispose
IsFileLocked
GetProcessesLockingFile

Usage

This library provides functionality to interact with the Windows Restart Manager (RM) API, which helps identify processes that have locks on files and manage graceful shutdown and restart of applications.

Check if a File is Locked

The simplest way to check if a file is currently locked by any process:

var path = @"C:\path\to\file.txt";
if (RestartManager.IsFileLocked(path))
{
    Console.WriteLine("File is locked by one or more processes");
}

Find Processes Locking a File

Get a list of all processes that have locks on a specific file:

var path = @"C:\path\to\file.txt";
var processes = RestartManager.GetProcessesLockingFile(path);

foreach (var process in processes)
{
    Console.WriteLine($"Process {process.ProcessName} (PID: {process.Id}) is locking the file");
}

Manual Session Management

For more control, you can create and manage a Restart Manager session manually:

// Create a new session
using var session = RestartManager.CreateSession();

// Register one or more files to monitor
session.RegisterFile(@"C:\path\to\file.txt");
session.RegisterFiles(new[] { @"C:\path\to\file1.txt", @"C:\path\to\file2.txt" });

// Check if any registered resources are locked
if (session.IsResourcesLocked())
{
    // Get the processes locking the resources
    var processes = session.GetProcessesLockingResources();
    foreach (var process in processes)
    {
        Console.WriteLine($"Locked by: {process.ProcessName}");
    }
}

Join an Existing Session

You can join an existing Restart Manager session using its session key:

var sessionKey = "existing-session-key";
using var session = RestartManager.JoinSession(sessionKey);

Shutdown and Restart Applications

The Restart Manager can shut down and restart applications that are locking resources:

using var session = RestartManager.CreateSession();
session.RegisterFile(@"C:\path\to\file.txt");

// Shutdown applications with options
session.Shutdown(RestartManagerShutdownType.ForceShutdown);

// Or with progress callback
session.Shutdown(RestartManagerShutdownType.ForceShutdown, percentComplete =>
{
    Console.WriteLine($"Shutdown progress: {percentComplete}%");
});

// Restart applications after shutdown
session.Restart(percentComplete =>
{
    Console.WriteLine($"Restart progress: {percentComplete}%");
});

Shutdown Types

The RestartManagerShutdownType enum provides options for how applications should be shut down:

• ForceShutdown - Forces unresponsive applications and services to shut down after a timeout period (30 seconds for applications, 20 seconds for services)
• ShutdownOnlyRegistered - Only shuts down applications that have been registered for restart using RegisterApplicationRestart. If any processes cannot be restarted, no shutdown occurs

Demo

you can run demo and see this feature.