chilly hellion

I agree with you there, Richard; it would definitely be a useful addition to Defraggler. I have used programs like Unlocker to deal with other programs that grab drives, but unfortunately it usually closes the program to remove the handle. I guess that the best thing I can do is just try to better coordinate with Defraggler exactly when I remove drives, and keep an eye out for a "safely remove" feature within Defraggler someday. Thanks for the replies

Good afternoon, Dennis, and thanks for the welcome and for the tip. It might just be a workaround, but it sounds like a very good one. I'll have to give it a try. Thinking back, I think I have only had this problem with XP machines. I'll definitely have to give this a try and do a little research into "optimizing for quick removal" in general. Thanks again, and I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Yes, I have given that a try. That is the way I unmount all of my flash drives and removable media. The issue I'm having is that whenever I have defraggler running (or even just open) any flash drive/removable media that I try to dismount gives the "volume is in use" alert, or whatever the wording is. After closing defraggler, the drive ejects without a hitch. This is a bit annoying because if I have defraggler defragmenting a drive then I have to wait for it to finish before I can eject my flash drives.

Good afternoon, all I have an issue with Defraggler "grabbing" any drive that I connect to my computer. It doesn't present much of a problem for hard drives, but whenever I attach a flash drive (it doesn't matter whether it's already mounted when I start Defraggler or if I mount the drive while Defraggler is running) the Defraggler program notices the drive and won't let it eject again when I want to eject it. This occurs even when the drive is not being scanned, and even when no drives are being scanned. the solution I've had to use is to simply close Defraggler whenever I remove a flash drive. This is kind of bothersome because I regularly defragment my system drive, and if I happen to insert a flash drive during the process, Defraggler snags it and doesn't let me eject it again. My choices then are to remove the drive anyway without safely ejecting it (which causes Defraggler to freeze) or close Defraggler, eject drive, reopen defraggler, which is bothersome because I have to start Defragmenting over again. Defraggler is a wonderful program and I don't intend to stop using it. I was wondering if anyone has an answer to this slightly annoying issue. Thanks, ~ch