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How do you disconnect a USB drive when getting a "this device is currently in use"?

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Mar 15, 202636126 views
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My daughter had her thumb drive plugged into my desktop, doing some work. She finished, logged off of her account and I logged into mine. I noticed that she left her thumb drive in the USB port, and so I tried to safely eject it, but I get the following message: Problem Ejecting USB Mass Storage De…

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Fix for: How do you disconnect a USB drive when getting a "this device is currently in use"?

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You can use Unlocker to find out what program has it opened, then close that program. If you cannot exit the program, you can use Unlocker to force the handle closed. If it is Windows Explorer, you can restart it. En easy way is to hold Control + Sh…

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