How to determine which program stops safe ejection of a device


ET Ducky said:
The blocking process is the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) file sharing host, so it's likely that WSL or Docker Desktop still has the LaCie open. Run wsl --shutdown in a Command Prompt, then eject the drive. If it still won't eject, end the dllhost.exe with the process ID from event 225 on the Details tab of Task Manager and eject again.

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Thank you for that info and for doing my work for me. Will see if it works. May also be the same cause with other devices.
 

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If the wait time is intolerable, do a standard shutdown and unplug it.

Safe removal does not guarantee zero data loss.
 

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ET Ducky said:
Run wsl --shutdown in a Command Prompt, then eject the drive.
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Would stopping the the wsl service give the same result? - then then just restart the service after the drive is ejected?
 

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Stopping the WSL Service should also release the LaCie, but wsl --shutdown does the same thing in one command. You don't need to restart anything after the drive is ejected, because WSL starts again on its own the next time you open a distro or Docker Desktop.

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ET Ducky said:
Stopping the WSL Service should also release the LaCie, but wsl --shutdown does the same thing in one command. You don't need to restart anything after the drive is ejected, because WSL starts again on its own the next time you open a distro or Docker Desktop.

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Thanks for the clarification...
 

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Shutdown looks to be a somewhat extreme solution to ejecting a removable drive... 🤔
 

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gunrunnerjohn said:
Shutdown looks to be a somewhat extreme solution to ejecting a removable drive... 🤔
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wsl --shutdown only stops the WSL virtual machine and the Linux distros running in it. Windows and your other programs keep running.

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