On Tue, 14 May 2013, Roger Nelson wrote to Matt Munson:   
      
      
    MM> it sucks how my external hard drive cant be shut down properly    
    MM> sometimes even when i want to eject the device. is there any way i    
    MM> can find out what programs are utilizing that device?   
      
    RN> You should have an icon in the taskbar that says "Safely remove   
    RN> hardware."  If you have more than one USB device connected, you'll   
    RN> have to choose the correct one.   
      
   his post reads to me as if he is already doing that but something has files   
   open on it and won't release it for removal/ejection... the problem is to   
   determine which files are open and what program has them open... i hope the   
   URL i posted to him helped and i hope that he comes back and let's us know how   
   it worked out...   
      
   )\/(ark   
      
   --- FMail/Win32 1.60   
    * Origin:  (1:3634/12.71)