Ah yes, great analogy. My computer with the operating system I installed and the files I own and want to modify certainly is the same as going to some strangers apartment and trying to buy it.
We don’t want to invade the privacy of… the software… right?
If you can’t see which program is using the file, that means it’s a different user than yours. Your computer doesn’t know more than the users it’s been set up to have.
This would be more like the property management having a record of what apartments are rented, and having a second list of who is renting apartments (but not which one), and the landlord wanting to know who is renting apartment 420 so they can draw up eviction papers.
The user probably wasn’t running as admin (elevated) while deleting the file, so as far as the system knows, he may not be allowed to know which process is accessing the file.
“Hey can I rent this apartment?”
“Let me check… Seems like it’s already occupied”
“Omg who is occupying it?”
“Let me print out their name and contact details for you”
Ah yes, great analogy. My computer with the operating system I installed and the files I own and want to modify certainly is the same as going to some strangers apartment and trying to buy it.
We don’t want to invade the privacy of… the software… right?
If you can’t see which program is using the file, that means it’s a different user than yours. Your computer doesn’t know more than the users it’s been set up to have.
I’ll just sigh and move on, not worth getting stressed out over a dumb reply online
your printer works?!
Touché
Bad analogy.
This would be more like the property management having a record of what apartments are rented, and having a second list of who is renting apartments (but not which one), and the landlord wanting to know who is renting apartment 420 so they can draw up eviction papers.
The user probably wasn’t running as admin (elevated) while deleting the file, so as far as the system knows, he may not be allowed to know which process is accessing the file.
That only applies in this situation if the requestor is also the owner of the building, as in the OP it is assumed the requestor owns the computer.
(On a multi-user system it is unlikely running Windows.)
O.o Why is your assumption that a multi user system isn’t running windows?
If you’ve ever worked at a company, you probably were running Windows while simultaneously not owning your computer.