Windows Explorer being a prime candidate for holding a device - also some AV activities
JimB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carl Houseman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 2:44 PM Subject: Re: What is the 'generic device'? > Check for open file handles on the device that won't stop. Use handle.exe > or Process Explorer from Sysinternals. Some background programs will latch > onto any available drive given the chance and keep a file or folder open on > it. > > Once you know what program is accessing the drive, you can then make the > decision whether to ignore the non-stoppage. Usually it ends up being > something such as InCD, an antivirus program doing a scan, etc. > > Carl > > -----Original Message----- > From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Bernie Cosell > Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 7:52 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: What is the 'generic device'? > > I realize that I'm probably the only person on the planet who actually > does the "safely remove hardware" dance before I unplug one of my USB > hard drives... but... much of the time [I'd say about half the time], > when I go to turn-off the device, I get "generic device cannot be > stopped" and it won't undo the device for me (and it advises for me to > try again later, which seems never to work -- if it fails at first it > just *wont* unmount the device). I cannot correlate it with anything [of > course I never have any programs running that have an open file or > directory on the device, not running an 'explorer' or anything like > that]. Generally, after I try two or three times to unmount the drive, I > just decide to hell with it and unplug it... [and so far, no > problems..:o)] > > But it leaves me curious: what *IS* this generic device [one of three > services that have to be stopped whenever I'm undoing a hard drive], why > does it sometimes refuse to stop, and is there some way to "coax" it to > stop [and/or, is just ignoring its non-stoppage OK]. > > Thanks! /bernie\ > > -- > Bernie Cosell Fantasy Farm Fibers > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Pearisburg, VA > --> Too many people, too few sheep <-- > > -- > ---------------------------------------- > The WIN-HOME mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned > LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: > http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html > > -- ---------------------------------------- The WIN-HOME mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html
