#PROBLEM EJECTING USB MASS STORAGE DEVICE WINDOWS 10 FIX KEYGEN#
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I would really love to have an answer to this infamous dilemma, so I am posting here in hopes that someone can point me to a setting to change or some method to try that makes this less of an issue. Every solution I have tried does not work or simply does not exist anymore (with the exception of shutting down everything). I have tried searching Google for answers to no avail. Always gives the same error message (see image below). If I wait too long, it won't eject at all, even after a reboot. The most crucial deciding factor that I can figure out is that if I am quick enough, copy files and then eject and turn it off right away, then Windows doesn't have a chance to lock the drive and I can safely eject. This happens with multiple external HDD connected to multiple USB ports. I plug it in to use it, whether it be for opening files or copying files to the drive (which I use primarily as a backup drive), then I leave the drive connected for long enough. In the past, sometimes it has even done this for flash drives or memory cards, but my current issue is now with an external HDD on Windows 10 Pro. I am sick and tired of shutting down my computer EVERY TIME I want to eject a USB drive. This issue has persisted for every version of Windows I have used ever since the year 2000 (XP, 7, and now 10). starting sometime around 20 years ago I noticed that occasionally when connecting an external HDD with USB, Windows will refuse to safely eject the device even though there are no programs using it (that I know of) and no open files. I have been a Windows user for my whole life.