Defraggler locks all removable drives, preventing their ejection and safe removal using standard Windows methods.
Steps to reproduce
1. Open Defraggler.
2. Connect a USB drive or insert a memory card into card reader.
3. Try to eject the drive (via drive's right-click menu) or safely remove it.
4. Close Defraggler.
5. Repeat step 3.
Expected results
Drive is ejected and/or removed when requested.
Actual results
Windows displays a message box stating that the drive cannot be ejected/safely removed because other programs are using it. That program is obviously Defraggler.
Note
It would be understandable if the drive couldn't be ejected while it is being defragmented, however this issue occurs even when the drive is idle.
Sorry to inform you blackboxxx but this is normal and I'll explain why...
Defraggler uses real-time updating of storage space on all drives it recognizes which includes USB drives. So technically, all drives that Defraggler recognizes at start-up are constantly being read for any changes to disk space. I don't know if this is something the developers can fix, but this is definitely not a version bug. This has been going on dating back to the 1.06 version which is when I started using Defraggler.
Test my theory... Delete something or install something while Defraggler is open and you can view the drive chart portion of the window. You will see the disk space amount change in real-time.
Sorry to inform you blackboxxx but this is normal and I'll explain why...
Even though the data and pie chart updated in real time are nice, they are only displayed when the drive is selected. A drive that is not selected shouldn't be locked. This is clearly an annoyance that should be fixed.
Can you confirm that you are able to safely eject the USB drive after you have closed Defraggler.
MrRon
Yes, after closing Defraggler the drive can be ejected normally.