Objectdock won't let me "Safely Remove Hardware"

..it has a file handle open for the recycle bin.

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Often, when I try to unmount one of my USB drives with the Safely Remove Hardware icon located in the system tray, I am told that the drive can't be stopped.

I just took a look with the SysInternals Process Viewer and I find that it's ObjectDock, with a file handle open to the Recycle Bin that's causing the issue.

Short of disabling the recycle bin for this drive (which I don't wanna do) is there anything else I can do to get ObjectDock to release the file handle safely?

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
LOL . . I've always ignored the Safely Remove Hardware.  Never had a problem. 
Just don't pull USB drives mid-write and you should be fine.
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
LOL . . I've always ignored the Safely Remove Hardware.  Never had a problem. 
Just don't pull USB drives mid-write and you should be fine.

While the OD lock is almost certainly nothing to worry about, it does have a negative side effect. That being creating a "cry wolf" effect. The user now knows he'll get that warning every time, and will have to just start ignoring it. That means he might at some point ignore a valid warning and lose data.

It's a bad thing. Question is whether OD can maintain its recycle bin status without this lock.

Does removing the recycle bin from the dock fix the warning?
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
Unfortunately, I need to use the "Safely Remove" icon. If I copy files to an SD card and don't shut it down properly, my MP3 player won't see the last group of files that I moved to the card.

This doesn't happen all the time, so I don't know if it's related to the Recycle bin being on one of my docks.

Currently fighting with my hardware so I'll have to put off troubleshooting this further.
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Removing the Recycle bin from the dock does it! I just had the same problem and your comments here did help me find the devil. Thanks.

Oswald