Windows 10: Cannot eject USB Flash Drive after accessing Excel files or PDF's

Discus and support Cannot eject USB Flash Drive after accessing Excel files or PDF's in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; I have had a repeated experience in the recent past after accessing a Flash drive plugged into a USB port on my Windows 10 HP computer. After using... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by mgold321, Jun 9, 2022.

  1. MGOLD321
    mgold321 Win User

    Cannot eject USB Flash Drive after accessing Excel files or PDF's


    I have had a repeated experience in the recent past after accessing a Flash drive plugged into a USB port on my Windows 10 HP computer. After using Excel and saving it back to the Drive or after reading a PDF via Adobe Reader DC and closing it, I cannot eject the flash drive. Microsoft says that I need to close a program that is still using the file. Yet when I open Task Manager, no such process is open. Ultimately, I have just been pulling the Flash drive out anyways. Does this problem have a known solution?

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    mgold321, Jun 9, 2022
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  2. NYIMA YONTEN
    Nyima Yonten Win User

    ejecting a usb drive in 10

    Hi Walden,



    I realize the inconvenience you are experiencing with accessing Safely Remove and Eject Media USB icon on the taskbar.



    To assist you better, please provide us the below information:

    • When you say that "not I can not get it to show up in bottom right lower", are you referring that you are not able to see the Eject USB icon under the show hidden icons?


    I suggest you to follow the steps below to understand the system

    1. Click on Search bar.

    2. Then type "Select which icons appear on the taskbar" without the quotes in the search bar and click on it.

    3. Turn on Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media icon.

    Reply to us with the information, so that we can assist you better.



    Please get back to us with an update on issue, we will be happy to help.



    Thank you.
     
    Nyima Yonten, Jun 9, 2022
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  3. JEFFREYOSBORNE
    JeffreyOsborne Win User
    Remounting ejected USB Flash drive in Win 10

    Hi,

    After I safely eject a USB flash drive, after a while, if I plug it back in again it is not recognised. How do I remount it.

    It seems that I have to re-boot my PC to get it to recognise the USB flash drive again after safely ejecting. This is very inefficient if I need to do several file transfers intermittently. Is there a fix?

    Thanks

    Jeff
     
    JeffreyOsborne, Jun 9, 2022
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  4. IDAHOSURGE
    idahosurge Win User

    Cannot eject USB Flash Drive after accessing Excel files or PDF's

    No Option To Eject USB Flash Drive

    New Windows 10 Pro install. When I click on the USB icon to eject a flash drive the flash drive shows up, but the option to eject USB flash memory is missing.

    Windows 10 Issue

    Cannot eject USB Flash Drive after accessing Excel files or PDF's [​IMG]


    How it should look, but this is from a Win 7 machine.

    Cannot eject USB Flash Drive after accessing Excel files or PDF's [​IMG]
     
    idahosurge, Jun 9, 2022
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