I've got one of those nifty SanDisk U3 Thumb drives, which is pretty cool except I don't really want the smart U3 launcher. I just want a plain old dumb disk, on which I've installed the alternative PortableApps suite. Unfortunately, when I run the U3 uninstaller I got the following message:

`This program only supports one U3 drive removal. Exit the program and unplug extra drive then try again.`

Since there was only one U3 thumb drive plugged in, I was somewhat at a loss why this was the case. I went to the SanDisk Driver Page to download the stand-alone removal tool, but it too failed. I figured it was just crap software, and then I realized that the error message was misleading. The de-installer actually is saying that it can only deal with one drive at a time. If you have a Compact Flash Card Reader installed, or any removable USB disk device plugged in, you need to remove it. Otherwise, the de-installer gets confused and refuses to run.

Removing the digital storage card reader (it's built into my monitor, so I forget it's there) solved my removal problem. I did this by going to the Safely Remove Hardware taskbar icon and ejected the offending disk drives.