public class FileStatus { [DllImport("kernel32.dll")] private static extern IntPtr _lopen(string lpPathName, int iReadWrite); [DllImport("kernel32.dll")] private static extern bool CloseHandle(IntPtr hObject); private const int OF_READWRITE = 2; private const int OF_SHARE_DENY_NONE = 0x40; private static readonly IntPtr HFILE_ERROR = new IntPtr(-1); public static int FileIsOpen(string fileFullName) { if (!File.Exists(fileFullName)) { return -1; } IntPtr handle = _lopen(fileFullName, OF_READWRITE | OF_SHARE_DENY_NONE); if (handle == HFILE_ERROR) { return 1; } CloseHandle(handle); return 0; } } //csharp/6027