How to find which file is opened on windows (similar to fuser in linux)

Download the tool from

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/handle.mspx

Ever wondered which program has a particular file or directory open? Now you can find out. Handle is a utility that displays information about open handles for any process in the system. You can use it to see the programs that have a file open, or to see the object types and names of all the handles of a program.

handle.exe > dd.txt will get all the files

handle AppEvent.evt

Handle v3.2
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services.exe pid: 1224 2D0: C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\AppEvent.evt