Windows standard file locking prevents a number of useful user experiences that file base OSes like Linux and BSD provide. Main they can update the files while open / in use.
Windows needs to stop a service or restart one to apply updates in real-time. Ever watched the screen flash during updating on Windows? That is the graphic stack restarting. This is more present on slower dual and quad core CPU systems. Microsoft needed to do this to work around how they handle files.
Windows even wired HID event processing in the OS to verify that the display manager is running. If the screen ever goes black during updates, just plug-in a keyboard and press a key to restart it.
* There are ways to prevent a file lock when open a file in Windows but it not standard and rarely used by applications, even ones written by Microsoft.
> There are ways to prevent a file lock when open a file in Windows but it not standard and rarely used by applications, even ones written by Microsoft.
mpv happily opens files while they are downloading, and they don't interfere each other.
> Windows even wired HID event processing in the OS to verify that the display manager is running. If the screen ever goes black during updates, just plug-in a keyboard and press a key to restart it.
Funny you mention this, I just have managed to set up my laptop to listen audiobooks. It was such a pain. I somehow disabled the windows lock screen, made a script that calls "nircmd monitor off" every 5 seconds. And with mpv I can listen audio in total dark, and change volume and seek position on the touchpad with gestures. It works, but it is probably cheaper to get an mp4 player with volume and jump back buttons
Windows needs to stop a service or restart one to apply updates in real-time. Ever watched the screen flash during updating on Windows? That is the graphic stack restarting. This is more present on slower dual and quad core CPU systems. Microsoft needed to do this to work around how they handle files.
Windows even wired HID event processing in the OS to verify that the display manager is running. If the screen ever goes black during updates, just plug-in a keyboard and press a key to restart it.
* There are ways to prevent a file lock when open a file in Windows but it not standard and rarely used by applications, even ones written by Microsoft.