Odd New Behavior - Flash Drives Refuse To Eject Unless I Close Firefox


  1. MourningStar
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    Odd New Behavior - Flash Drives Refuse To Eject Unless I Close Firefox


    I use flash drives occasionally to move files from my computer to others. Lately, they have been refusing to eject because of the standard pop-up message that 'another program' may be using it. Nothing is using them. By accident I discovered that this message appears if I have Firefox running. Once I close Firefox and then do the 'eject' thing I get the expected 'You May Now Safely Remove ....' message. Why do these things only happen to me?????!!! (oh, ... and how to fix?)

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  3. FaberTech
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    maybe this....

    Why can't I safely eject my flash drives when running Firefox? | Firefox Support Forum | Mozilla Support
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  4. MourningStar
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    FaberTech said:
    maybe this....
    yes - thnx!!!!!
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  6. FaberTech
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    Your welcome :) don't forget to mark solved if this worked for you
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