Can Windows tell me what is using my USB drive?

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00:00 Question
00:44 Accepted answer (Score 79)
01:11 Answer 2 (Score 185)
05:28 Answer 3 (Score 35)
06:40 Answer 4 (Score 18)
08:02 Thank you

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Full question
https://superuser.com/questions/87364/ca...

Accepted answer links:
[Sysinternals Process Explorer]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysin...

Answer 2 links:
[LockHunter]: https://lockhunter.com/
[Start the event viewer]: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...(
[image]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/Q8h1k.png
[image]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/x40XT.png
[put the drive you want to eject offline]: https://www.eightforums.com/threads/disk.../
[WhatsApp Desktop keeping handles on Chrome Canary via the System Process]: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/iss...
[Sysinternals]: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinte.../
[Handle]: https://docs.microsoft.com/sysinternals/...
[PowerToys]: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/window.../
[File Locksmith]: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/window...
[SafelyRemove]: http://safelyremove.com/
[image]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/sTRFM.png

Answer 3 links:
[command line to query the Windows log]: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library...
[Windows Kernel-PnP uses Event ID 225]: http://www.eventid.net/display-eventid-2...

Answer 4 links:
[File Locksmith]: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/window...
[image]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/BERK1.png

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#windowsvista #usb #usbflashdrive #mount

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