How to Prevent Windows from Caching DLLs after Closing Associated Program

By -
I've been experiencing this problem a lot of times when I tried to safely remove my USB drive from the computer.

I always get this message "Problem Ejecting USB Mass Storage Device: The device 'Generic volume' cannot be stopped right now. Try stopping the device again later."

I'm sure that I've already closed all files, folders and applications that I've launched from my USB. Unknowingly, some of the applications DLL were cached by windows. So even if the application is already closed the DLL is still running in the background.

So I need to figure out in the task manager of what process is still using the DLL. That is hard for me to identify which was the real process associated with that application in which I also do not have idea of what application is that out of so many applications that I've opened.

And luckily found out a registry tweak on How to Prevent Windows from Caching DLLs whenever a program associated with it is closed.

Always remember to pay careful attention when doing registry tweaks as you can break windows causing boot failure.
To do that, follow the steps below:
1.) Press Windows Button+R to open Run.
2.) Type in regedit.exe and Press Enter.
3.) On the Registry Editor Window, Navigate to the Key Name below.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
4.) While Explorer key is selected, Right click on it and create a New > DWORD value as you can see below.

5.) After the new value is created, rename it to "AlwaysUnloadDLL". Then double click to assign with a value 1.

This tweak needs reboot to make it work.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

How to Create a Configuration.INI Files in VB6

By -
Image
In this example shows only a simple form that saves and retrieves value from the CONFIG.INI file. After reading this, you can use your own creativity on how you're going to implement this on your project. To start with, On your Form add the following controls and arrange them according to the image above. (1) TextBox - Change the Name property to "txtSetting" (2) Command Button - Change the Caption and Name Properties to the following:                                        Save:          Change the Name property to "cmdSave"                                        Retrieve:    Change the Name property to "cmdRetrieve" (5) Label - For the two labels we'll be using to retrieve the values. Remove the default caption and change...
Read More »

How to Set Windows Form Always on Top of Other Applications in VB6

By -
The following code snippets allows to set Windows Form Always on Top of Other applications in Visual Basic 6.0. Public Const SWP_NOMOVE = 2 Public Const SWP_NOSIZE = 1 Public Const FLAGS = SWP_NOMOVE Or SWP_NOSIZE Public Const HWND_TOPMOST = -1 Public Const HWND_NOTOPMOST = -2 Declare Function SetWindowPos Lib "user32" _ (ByVal hWnd As Long, _ ByVal hWndInsertAfter As Long, _ ByVal x As Long, _ ByVal y As Long, _ ByVal cx As Long, _ ByVal cy As Long, _ ByVal wFlags As Long) As Long The following SetTopMostWindow() function takes two parameters as follows:       hWnd : the window handle       Topmost : It is either True to set the on top or False if Not. Public Function SetTopMostWindow(hWnd As Long, Topmost As Boolean) As Long If Topmost = True Then 'Make the window topmost SetTopMostWindow = SetWindowPos(hWnd, HWND_TOPMOST, 0, 0, 0, 0, FLAGS) Else SetTopMostWindow = SetWindowPos(hW...
Read More »

How to Minimize/Send an App Icon to System Tray in Visual Basic 6

By -
The following code snippet allows to manipulate the system tray by adding your apps icon when you minimize the form and restore when you double click on the app's icon on the system tray area. Option Explicit Public Type NOTIFYICONDATA cbSize As Long hWnd As Long uId As Long uFlags As Long uCallBackMessage As Long hIcon As Long szTip As String * 64 End Type Public Const NIM_ADD = &H0 Public Const NIM_MODIFY = &H1 Public Const NIM_DELETE = &H2 Public Const WM_MOUSEMOVE = &H200 Public Const NIF_MESSAGE = &H1 Public Const NIF_ICON = &H2 Public Const NIF_TIP = &H4 Public Const WM_LBUTTONDBLCLK = &H203 'Double-click Public Const WM_LBUTTONDOWN = &H201 'Button down Public Const WM_LBUTTONUP = &H202 'Button up Public Const WM_RBUTTONDBLCLK = &H206 'Double-click Public Const WM_RBUTTONDOWN = &H204 'Button down Public Const WM_RBUTTONUP = &H205 'Button up Public Declare Function Shel...
Read More »