Windows 10 sick to death of "the device is in use by another process..."

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Why the f**k can't Microsoft figure this out? It has to be the number one topic from people who are fed up with it. If I go through the proper procedure to eject a usb drive, half of the time it gives me this stupid error and I wind up having to shut the computer down to remove the drive. If Windows can tell me something is using the drive, WHY THE F**K can't it figure out WHAT is using it so I can shut it down? Why should the user have to trudge into task manager and try to figure out what's using the drive? Windows has only been around since the freaking 80s, so you'd think 40 years would be

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