SysInternals for File Handle Issues

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An oldie but a goodie.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/procmon

Win32 IO Exceptions easily ciphered.


Use filers on PID and filter out SUCCESS to focus on failures only.

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