Hyper-V locking docking station

adamf

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I have installed 8.1 in a VHDX on a second SATA HDD drive in my laptop docking station. Even when not using Hyper-V (and having not started the virtual machine since rebooting into 8 which is on the laptop drive) I can see in Process Explorer that vmss.exe locks the VHDX. This prevents the drive being ejected as "This device is currently in use" message is received.

How can I avoid this? I can end vmss.exe but it is a bit of a bore to have to do it every time I want to detach the docking station.

Windows version is 8 pro x64.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro Prieview x64
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    MacBook Pro Core2Duo
    CPU
    T7600
    Memory
    3
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon X1600
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Internal
    Screen Resolution
    1440 x 800
    Hard Drives
    40GB
    Keyboard
    Apple
    Mouse
    Apple
    Internet Speed
    Varies
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    Various
    Antivirus
    Defender
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