Timeline for Cannot safely remove device
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| May 19, 2021 at 16:14 | comment | added | Moses | I will be trying that except that I have will be inconvenienced a bit. | |
| May 19, 2021 at 15:10 | comment | added | Señor CMasMas | Oh, and @John suggestion is exactly what you do if you can't figure out why the drive is being kept open. Lets hope that we can figure it out though. | |
| May 19, 2021 at 15:09 | comment | added | Señor CMasMas | If you are trying to figure out why you can't safely disconnect, use the system internals process explorer and search for open handles on the device. You should see which process is attempting the keep the device open. Chances are, the process is crapware. | |
| May 19, 2021 at 14:05 | comment | added | berndbausch | I would not only log out but shut the computer down. | |
| May 19, 2021 at 12:41 | comment | added | anon | Log out of Windows (sign out) and then remove the device. That is very safe. | |
| May 19, 2021 at 12:32 | review | First posts | |||
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| May 19, 2021 at 12:31 | history | asked | Moses | CC BY-SA 4.0 |