Issues with ejecting USB


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    Issues with ejecting USB


    Is it just me or is there a known bug involving ejecting USB drives?

    Typically in 7 or 8 if I plug in my USB then transfer a file and close the window, I can easily eject it with no problems. With Windows 10 it seems like it holds the USB hostage for 5 to 10 minutes. Thoughts?
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    Which build are you using? Some have reported this problem in earlier builds, but the latest they have said it is fixed.. 10159.
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    Thread Starter
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    10130, I may have taken myself off the fast ring, Im not sure. Was this reported in 10130?
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    gator said:
    Is it just me or is there a known bug involving ejecting USB drives?

    Typically in 7 or 8 if I plug in my USB then transfer a file and close the window, I can easily eject it with no problems. With Windows 10 it seems like it holds the USB hostage for 5 to 10 minutes. Thoughts?
    Try adding an exclusion for it in Settings►Update & security►Windows Defender►Exclusions►Add an exclusion►Exclude a folder
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    W7 Ultimate SP1 (64 bit), LM 19.2 MATE (64 bit), W10 Home 1703 (64 bit), W10 Pro 1703 (64 bit) VM
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    Have you tried restarting explorer.exe?

    Every earlier version of Windows I've used has had issues with USB HDDs.

    When I first installed W7 there were no problems.
    Around the time of SP1, I started to get the occasional useless "can't eject USB" message.
    Nowadays it happens around 50% of the time I use a USB HDD.

    I've never had any problems with Flash sticks though.

    I expect W10 to follow the same pattern.
    Currently I've had no problems in W10, but I expect they will start happening after a few hundred MB of updates have been installed.

    The Linux distros I've used have never displayed this behaviour (CentOS, Fedora, Linux Mint, OpenSUSE & Ubuntu).
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