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Holding file/folder handles open/can't unmount media Windows

#1

Hello all!

I’m currently running Version 3.1.1 Build 3176 on Windows 10 x64 and this issue has been bugging me for a while. If I open a file with SublimeText that is on a removable drive(flash drive, etc), it opens a handle to the directory I opened the file in. It keeps that folder handle(file) handle open. When I got to “safely” eject the drive it tells me something is still using the drive, even though I have closed all the files(including the ones I had open in SublimeText).

This has also started occurring when I am editing files in mount images(WIM files) and try to unmount them.

There are two ways to solve this problem:

  1. Close SublimeText entirely. Not a huge deal but it is kind of annoying.
  2. Open ProcessExplorer, search for the removable drive or mount path, select the handles SublimeText has open, and close those handles through ProcessExplorer.

As I write this I’m wondering if it has to do with where the File/Folder Open dialog expects to start.in, maybe?

Any help with this would be great. Please let me know if you need further information.

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#2

You are right. This is a nasty bug.

This bug was reported here.

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#3

Ahhh , thanks. I tried a couple different ways of phrasing it and did not find that. Glad to hear it has already been identified.

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