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Hierdie gesprek is in die argief. Vra asseblief 'n nuwe vraag as jy hulp nodig het.

Cant eject external hard drives because firefox is running multiple processes in the background that blocks it

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Knakra
Knakra
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every time i want to eject my external hard drive windows says that the drive is in use. and after some research i found out that the processes are from firefox, why? Heres a screen https://i.imgur.com/YaFnLzK.png

every time i want to eject my external hard drive windows says that the drive is in use. and after some research i found out that the processes are from firefox, why? Heres a screen https://i.imgur.com/YaFnLzK.png

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WestEnd
WestEnd
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What format is the ext HDD? If it is ntfs rather then fat32 that makes it longer to release the drive.

Knakra
Knakra Vraag-eienaar
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Its NTFS. But.. it doesnt matter... I just want to know what FIREFOX as a BROWSER have to do with my EXTERNAL 'HDD'? Besides, its not even one process, its one process per tab.