"Generic volume cannot be stopped right now" error when Removing a pen-drive

This unlocker is a handy multipurpose software, I have blogged about removing viruses which cannot be cleaned by AV software using unlocker…. Nice find…

i too face this problem but so rarely, will try this out

[...] try to remove a drive which has windows installed on it, the windows will show an error saying that "The Device Generic volume cannot be stopped right now" . This means that the media will not be released as it is in use by windows. So even if you [...]

tnx for the solution

problem was solved. its really a useful software, because this problem was faced to many of my friends.

When this problem occurs, right click on your USB pen drive in my computer and select Eject. Then try to safely remove it.

This can also solved by loging off and again log in and try to safely remove it.

Did not solve my problem. It says there are no handles for the drive but XP still says drive is in use…

hat was a really cool solution it showed me up 3 svc host were running,and I think they must be viruses.

My initial issue was that when I switched to Linux partition, the disk was still mounted. Unlocker detected some svchost.exe locking the unmount of my USB Hard disk in Windows and when I was back to linux the disk was mountable.

Although there is an unlcoker on Linux, I preferred to unlock the disk on Windows and then back to Linux.

Is unlocker spyware-free? Did anybody experience any issue with unlocker?

Thanks, Claudio.

The program works fine i have not met any problems with it so far. thanks…

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Thankx…this UNLOCKER software does work 4 me!!

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Thank you, very useful

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why is that the unlocker said nothing is locked what do i do please help me

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it works for me !!!!

I tried to use unlocker in my vista 64 bit, but when I right click on my drive I don’t see any unlocker in the list.. any suggestion plesase….?

Thanks 4 OL.

It still said ” No Locking Handle foung “..so what should I do then ..Pls.

Excellent tip. Researched lots of places but this one did it for me. Very good utility to use!

thanks for helping and sharing it with others. it works for me… thanks again

Thanks, it’s work….. its really useful

Thanks a ton man !!!!

The software did not work in my turn. It says “No locking handle found”
Any other method please???????

Thanks man this is big problem and i already corupt 2 pendrive.

thank man!
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it works g8, thanks for ur solution.

Thank you!!! Worked like a charm.

[...] The program interface is very simple, you just need to select the drive letter of your device and then click the unplug button to remove it. we have written some other related tips like Safely Remove your pen drive with USB Safely Remove and how to fix "Generic volume cannot be stopped right now [...]

Thank you
Was tired of shutting down each time I had to remove the pen drive.

Thank you very much it really helped me..thanks thanks thanks

Hmm…says no handles are locked. Still doesn’t release it. Doesn’t work.

Worked for me for my ex hd. I also had the problem of not being able to access my external harddrive. So, not only could i not remove it but I also could not access it directly from the my computer window (though I could indirectly via programs, i.e., if i had a word doc on my ex hd, i could open word and access it via word). so, i hope this unlocker resolves the other problem too….

nope, access still denied. any suggestions on that one?

Doesn’t always work. Many a time, I’ve closed down all running applications (task bar is bare) and ran Unlocker, which reveals nothing locking the drive. Recently discovered that sometimes the Recycling bin will prevent removal, disabling the Recycling bin for the drive if it’s an external hard drive will sometimes allow it to be unplugged, (even though running Unlocker prior didn’t find anything). In short, an extremely and hugely annoying bug. If I’ve done the above 3 things and am still unable to remove the drive, I just unplug regardless. I can say irrevocably that I’ve never ever ever had a corrupt file doing this.

when i am about to down load the “unlocker” my computer say’s that it is not safe to run it……………

now i would like to ask if it is safe or dangerous to run?
cuz it may damage my computer…. i just want to be sure if it is safe….

I have four Western Digital USB extenal drives which have always refused to disconnect using the ‘Safely Remove Icon’ on my taskbar.

So, with some misgivings, I routinely disconnect the USB connector from my system wtihout even trying to use
this feature.

Never had a problemm; drives continue to work flawlessly.

To my surprise however, I recently ran across the following settings choice buried within the tab called ‘policies’ within the properties section of one
of the drives:

“Optimize for Quick Rremoval
This setting disables write caching on the disk and in windows so that you can disconnect the device without using the safe removal tool.”

A second choice presented allows you to enable write caching and therefore does seem to require the use of the safe removal tool.

For my WD drives I accessed this page as follows:

(1) Right-click letter of external drive in My Computer.
(2) Select Properties.
(3) Click on appropriate device from menu.
(4) Select ‘Policy’ tab.

Possibly other external drives/devices may have a similar
provision.

To me disabling write caching seems a small price to pay for some additional peace of mind.

Ok, while I was reading and studying this download..prior to the actual download…my computer must have finished what ever it had going on and it stopped “ticking”…so, I tried to use the standard device disconnect again and it worked fine this time…did not get the “Generic volume device cannot be stopped right now” message an longer..so, I guess, in some cases, you should just do as the warning suggests…just wait a while and try standard disconnect again…worked for me… besides, I was having trouble figuring out how to read French…
Cheers

Awesome!! it worked!!Thank you soo much!!!
I’ve been trying to solve this problem for soo long!