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by williammc
May 18th, 2008, 10:06 am
Forum: USB Safely Remove forum
Topic: USB remove can't find open handle
Replies: 3
Views: 17611

I wish I could find out what happens to "lock" the usb drive. It seems completely random. I said that I suspect synctoy, but sometimes it isn't locked by synctoy. I have been unable to find any consistent actions that cause it. Basically I was wondering what makes safely remove bring up th...
by williammc
May 16th, 2008, 12:06 pm
Forum: USB Safely Remove forum
Topic: USB remove can't find open handle
Replies: 3
Views: 17611

USB remove can't find open handle

On many occasions, I get this message from USB remove: Could not find any processes locking usb device. The USB device maybe is locked by a process running under another account with more privileges than yours. This occurs on two different computers when trying to remove a WD passport 80GB drive. I'...