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wht can i do ?..............i had inserted usb in my pc .but i cant able to eject it .pc shows the message that file has already opened ,pls close all the files otherwise you lost ur data.can any 1 me wht is d reason for this?

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Most likely cause: some program still has a file handle open on the USB stick, so Windows refuses to eject it. That can be Explorer (preview/thumbnail), a media player, backup/indexing services, or antivirus. , and pointed in the right directions — background software can hold the drive and a logout/reboot or a utility will clear it — below are safe, practical steps to find and fix the exact culprit.

Close obvious apps and Explorer windows first (turn off Explorer’s Preview/Details pane). If that fails, use the built‑in Resource Monitor: open Task Manager → Performance → Resource Monitor, go to the Disk tab and use the Associated Handles search box. Type the drive letter (for example E:) to see which process has open handles. Stop or close that process or service, then eject.

For a targeted tool, use Process Explorer from Sysinternals. Run it as Administrator, choose Find → Find Handle or DLL…, search the drive letter, then identify which process is locking the stick. Prefer closing the owning application or service; closing handles forcibly can corrupt files. Official Sysinternals downloads:
Process Explorer
Handle (command line)

Other useful tips: set the USB policy to “Quick removal” (Device Manager → Disk drives → Properties → Policies) to avoid write‑caching issues; exclude the removable drive from antivirus/indexing if those services are repeatedly locking it; and if nothing else works, safely copy needed data off the stick and reboot before physically removing it.

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Member Avatar for padmaguruarts

I used to have similiar problem. When ever i inserted my pen drive it used to show it cannot be removed or the drive is busy. I found that I have antivirus problem. I installed avira from avg so now it is not showing that problem. May that is also your problem.

Member Avatar for shreeswetha

thnks 4ur reply.............

Member Avatar for caperjack

pleas not chat speak/shorthand ,kiddie speak what ever its called it makes it hard to read ,

anyway from what i get out of you post it sounds like you opened a file and a windows program didn't close it ,what type of usb drive and what type of data on it .
one way i solve this for me when it happens is a go to start and log of user ,and when it logs off i log back in and try closing the usb then

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there is a program called unlocker which can close, delete and move programs which windows isn't capable of closing. Hope this helps.

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