This post is a summary of this StackOverflow answer by Cheeso.

To read a file that is currently open (or may be open later) in another process, you must specify a FileShare option. The FileShare flag indicates the modes that other processes are allowed to open the file in.

using (Stream s = System.IO.File.Open(fullFilePath, 
          FileMode.Open, 
          FileAccess.Read,       // I want to open this file for reading only.
          FileShare.ReadWrite))  // Other processes may specify 
                                 // FileAccess of read or write.
{
}

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