Process can't access file bcos another process has locked a portion of file

Question

Does anyone knows if Java could handle the well-known "Open File" problem.
I encounter the following error when I was trying to copy an outlook file to another location:
java.io.IOException: The process cannot access the file because another process has locked a portion of the file.
My codes is placed below for reference.
Note that I was only trying to open to open the file for reading the Inputstream. Please advise what I could do to avoid getting caught in exception while reading the bytes.
It will be good if Java could handle the Microsoft's "Open File" problem.
// my codes
public static void main(String[] args)
int BUFSIZE = 4096;
File theFile = new File("C:\\Documents and Settings\\" + myID +
"\\Local Settings\\Application Data\\" +
"Microsoft\\Outlook\\mail.pst");
long size = theFile.length();
try {
FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(theFile);
// exception will happen on the next line
if (!(size >= 0 &&
fis.read(new byte[BUFSIZE],0,(int)Math.min(size,BUFSIZE)) > -1)) {
System.out.println("encountered OFM problem");
} else {
System.out.println("read file successfully");
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("caught OFM problem");
e.printStackTrace();

Answer 1

Sometimes Windows can place a lock on files that will
prevent you from even reading its contents. You may
have to close the MS Outlook application in your
machine to be able to read the contents of this file.Of course I knew Microsoft has locked the file.
I also knows Microsoft locks a lot of other files too.
The idea is that we just want to read the file, we are not writing or modifying anyway, so we should be able to read it. Of course that depends on whether Java wants to step into the area and do something about it. (Please read http://www.stbernard.com/products/docs/ofm_whitepaperV8.pdf)
Well, the easiest way anyone could advise is probably to use Microsoft development tools. The idea is nobody wants to be a "Micro-slaves" if we could...
So I am still waiting for someone with the area of expertise to reply...