Since getting my new ipod classic 160g I get a message after syncing that says The ipod Randy's ipod cannot be ejected because it contains files that are in use by another application. I have to go to my computer to eject.

This is an issue with your PC and one of it's applications that is accessing your iPod's Hard Drive. Such culprits often include AntiVirus software that may be configured to scan external disks that are attached to your PC.

Is the Enable Disk Use option ticked from under your iPod's Summary tab in iTunes? If so, remove it and apply the configuration change by clicking the Apply button in the lower right hand corner of iTunes.

Then try ejecting your iPod again.

B-rock

Do you have any AntiVirus programs installed on your PC? If so, try temporarily disabling them to see if that helps.

B-rock

For now you could probably shut down or reboot your PC to see if that helps (temporarily). Otherwise, we'll need to keep looking for whatever piece of software is trying to access your iPod's hard drive.

B-rock

Glad to hear that! 🙂

B-rock

Go to your computer's System Tray and try ejecting. If you can't eject, there is an application that is trying to access your iPod.

Go to http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx and download ProcessExplorer.

Go to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555665 and follow the instructions under Resolution.

Note that this is a good, general process any time you can't access any file.

In my case an update to RealPlayer installed a program called RecordingManager that was accessing my iPod.