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Just so you know, that particular answer has been cited on a blog post : cybertext.wordpress.com/2017/02/22/… – for that reason alone it deserves an up vote. But unfortunately, I just tested this method with a stubbornly locked USB HDD, it doesn't work when the “System” process is the culprit (I get this regularly, and neither ProcessExplorer nor LockHunter can close the handles associated with four system files in \$Extend\$RmMetadata\, and changing the drive's letter results in the same handles reappearing just a second later with the new letter).
– GabrielB
Commented Dec 7, 2017 at 14:58

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