Reason #232 That Windows Makes Me Crazy

Here’s a not-too-infrequent scenario:

What’s up with that file on my flash drive? I’d really like to delete it, but Windows keeps telling me “permission denied”. I’m pretty sure I have access to that directory.

Oh, I see. It’s in use by an application. Which one? Oh, it’s not going to tell me that.

Guess I’d better download a copy of Process Explorer.

Ah, there we are. That’s what’s holding that file. Ok. Terminating that program… Yay, now I can delete the file.

Now I’m just going to stop the drive so I can safely remove it…oh, look, the drive is still in use; it won’t let me stop it. Let’s see what Process Explorer says is in use on E:\…

Nothing. The drive isn’t in use after all. Yet I still can’t stop it.

*sigh* *yank*

…and now it’s bitching that I have to stop devices before removing them or risk data loss. Thanks, Windows!

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