8.0.0.35 has trashed my shuffle--afraid to sync my other ipods...

I just installed itunes 8 last night and thought all was well until I synched one of my shuffles (2nd gen). while music will play from the shuffle within itunes, all i get now when using it alone is orange/green/orange/green indicator, and no music. So i tried a restore and then placed 50 songs from a genius list onto the shuffle. after the sync is complete I get an error message that the shuffle has files "in use by another application" and so it won't let me unmount the shuffle. while the orange light is blinking, I tried using Vista's disconnect hardware feature. that gets the shuffle to show a green light, but i'm left with the same problem--i can't properly disconnect shuffle from itunes, and the shuffle wont play music.
HELP!!
oh, does anyone know if syncing from a genius list is THE problem with my issue, or is there a major issue with 8.0.0.35 synching certain ipods?

UPDATE: I just noticed that there is an option to "autofill", using a Genius playlist, in lieu of autofilling from "Music", and I can report that it WORKS.
Therefore, it seems that dragging a Genius saved playlist somehow doesn't allow the synch operation to complete properly, as indicated by no "ok to disconnect" message at the top of itunes, AND an error message about "files in use" when I try to disconnect the Shuffle using the icon next to it's icon in the left pane (of course I wait until all songs have synched before attempting to manual disconnect).
I consider this problem resolved, as a Genius list CAN be synched, if done in a particular fashion...
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