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Re: Cannot Eject External Media

From: Lübbe Onken <luebbe.tortoisesvn_at_googlemail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:03:36 +0200

Stefan Küng wrote:
> Richard B. Arthur wrote:
>> I right-click on the “Safely Remote Hardware” icon, click my external
>> drive to safely eject it, and I expect to be able to eject that USB
>> Drive (160 GB external drive) because I have closed all my applications,
>> but window’s keeps stating that it cannot eject the disk.
>
> right-click on that drive in explorer, then click on "eject" in the
> context menu: that will send a message to all applications still holding
> a handle on that drive, and TSVNCache.exe will release that handle.

Wow, Windows is a strange animal. Why don't applications get a message
from "safely remove hardware" and need a second kick in the butt?

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- Lübbe
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