Saturday, May 19, 2018

[Solved] Problem Ejecting USB Mass Storage Device: Windows cannot stop your 'Volume' device because a program is still using it

When you try to safely remove your external drive, you get the following message.


You can try the following methods to solve this problem. Among these methods, B and D have always worked for me :)

A. End the program using your external drive through the task manager.

1. Press Ctrl-Alt-Delete at the same time to open the task manager, select the Detail tab, click on the program that is using your external drive. If you cannot identify a program that is using your external drive, select explorer.exe. And then click on the End task button to stop it. If you have selected explorer.exe, continue to finish steps 2 and 3.


2. Click on File in the top menu of the task manager and select Run New Task.


3. Enter Explorer.exe in the popup window and click the OK button.


B. Change the drive letter

1. Open your control panel, go to Control Panel\System and Security\Administrative Tools and open the Computer Management.

2. Right-click on the external drive you want to remove, and select Change Drive Letter and Paths.

3. Select a new and not used letter for this drive and acknowledge the warning message.

4. If you want to continue using the original letter, change it back before you eject your external drive.

C. Clean the clipboard

If you have copied anything from your external drive, chances are that it is still in your clipboard which is like a temporary memory. To clear your clipboard, copy anything that is not part of your external drive or press the print screen key to  replace the content in your clipboard.

D. Set your external drive to be removable.

1. Open your Windows Explorer, right-click on your external drive and choose Properties.

2. In the popup window, select the Hardware tab. Click to select your external drive and then click the Properties button.


3. Click the Change settings button in the new popup window.


4. In the new popup window, select the Policies tab and check the Quik Removeal radio button, which will allow you to remove your external drive safely without using the Safely Remove Hardware notification. 

5. Click the OK button on all the windows to close them.

Of course, log out and log back in can always help. I hope that you don't need to go so far to shut down your computer. Then, of course, you can unplug the external drive without asking for any permission. 

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