How to safely remove a device blocked by the System process with a handle on \$Extend\$RmMetadata\$Txf
- by Heinzi
I have an external HDD which I would like to "safely remove". Unfortunately, my system (Windows 7 x64) complains that "the device is currently in use".
Using Process Explorer I discovered which process is holding a handle on the device:
Obviously, System is not a process that I can just kill and be done with it. I've done a bit of research and this seems to be a common problem, but no solution has been found so far (except for rebooting the machine, which I'd like to avoid if possible).
Is there any solution to this problem that I've missed?