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

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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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HP (HP-P6212F)
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Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
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Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5300 @ 2.60GHz
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PEGATRON CORPORATION Benicia
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Intel(R) G33/G31 Express Chipset Family
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Realtek High Definition Audio
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Logitech Trackball M570
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Windows 7 x64 / Windows Server 2008 / Linux (Redhat & Deb distros) / OS X / More
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AMD FX 8150 Eight-Core Processor 4.23 Ghz OC
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ASUS SaberTooth 990FX
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G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3 SDRAM 1333
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2X Radeon HD 4870 CrossFire X
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Onboard and loving it
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2x HP w2480 Wide LCD
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1920x1200 each
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RAID (6x0 Seagate Barracuda 7200 rpm 32 MB cache 500Gb SATA)
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Antec 850 Watt
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Antec 900
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Lots of fans
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Logitech
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Rat 9
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My Computer My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP (HP-P6212F)
OS
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
CPU
Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5300 @ 2.60GHz
Motherboard
PEGATRON CORPORATION Benicia
Memory
6.00 GB
Graphics Card(s)
Intel(R) G33/G31 Express Chipset Family
Sound Card
Realtek High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
24'' HP WS LCD
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60 Hz
Hard Drives
(1) ATA Hitachi HDT72106 SCSI Disk Device (2) Generic- Compact Flash USB Device (3) Generic- MS/MS-Pro USB Device (4) Generic- SD/MMC USB Device (5) Generic- SM/xD-Picture USB Device (6) Verbatim STORE N GO USB Device
Keyboard
Logitech G510s
Mouse
Logitech Trackball M570
Antivirus
Microsoft Security Essentials / Malwarebytes
Browser
IE / Firefox / Chrome
Your welcome :) don't forget to mark solved if this worked for you :cool:
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Pandora (computer name)
OS
Windows 7 x64 / Windows Server 2008 / Linux (Redhat & Deb distros) / OS X / More
CPU
AMD FX 8150 Eight-Core Processor 4.23 Ghz OC
Motherboard
ASUS SaberTooth 990FX
Memory
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3 SDRAM 1333
Graphics Card(s)
2X Radeon HD 4870 CrossFire X
Sound Card
Onboard and loving it
Monitor(s) Displays
2x HP w2480 Wide LCD
Screen Resolution
1920x1200 each
Hard Drives
RAID (6x0 Seagate Barracuda 7200 rpm 32 MB cache 500Gb SATA)
PSU
Antec 850 Watt
Case
Antec 900
Cooling
Lots of fans
Keyboard
Logitech
Mouse
Rat 9
Internet Speed
40 Mbps Down 5 Mbps Up
Antivirus
AVG
Browser
Chrome, Firefox, IE
Other Info
My main desktop
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