Closing “Open” Files and Sessions in Windows Server

For SBS 2011 and Server 2008 R2, this Microsoft article has a fairly quick walk-through of the required steps.

TL;DR version:

To view and close open files

  1. Open the Server Manager
  2. In the Actions pane, click Manage Open Files
    • To close a specific file, select the file and click Close Selected
    • To close all files, click Close All