Fix: Windows Can’t Stop Your Generic Volume Device

You should change the format of the USB drive to FAT32

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

updated onOctober 4, 2023

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Some of our readers have reported coming across theWindows can’t stop your Generic volume device because a program is still using iterror whenejecting an external hard driveor USB flash drive.

In this guide, we will give you a bunch of solutions that will help you resolve the error and safely eject the external hard drive. Let us get right into it.

Why can’t Windows stop your Generic volume device?

After researching the issue, we have deduced a list of reasons why you will get theWindows can’t stop your generic volume deviceerror:

Let us check out the solutions that will help you fix the problem.

How do I do if Windows can’t stop your Generic volume?

1. End the Explorer.exe process

Some of our readers have suggested that ending any Explorer.exe process on their system has helped eliminate theWindows can’t stop your generic volume device because a program is still using iterror.

2. Configure your USB for quick removal

One of our readers suggested enabling the Quick Removal settings for the USB drive or the external hard drive to fix theWindows can’t stop your generic volume device because a program is still using iterror.

3. Force the USB to be in Offline Mode

You can remove the USB Drive and check if this fixesWindows can’t stop your generic volume device because a program is still using iterror.

4. Assign a new drive letter to your USB drive

Another trick suggested by one of our readers was to change the drive letter of the USB Drive or the problematic external hard disk with which you are getting the error.

5. Change the file format to FAT32

Another way to resolve theWindows can’t stop your generic volume device because a program is still using iterror is to format the USB drive or the external hard drive to FAT32 format.

Make sure that you have copied and created a backup of all the data stored on your USB Drive safely before formatting it. We have a guide that explains what you can do toformat a USB drive if you aren’t able to do so.

That is it from us in this guide. We have a guide that explains how you can easilymerge multiple USB partitionsin 3 ways.

Moreover, you can also check out our guide that gives you a bunch of solutions that will help resolve how you canformat a write-protected USB flash drive.

Feel free to let us know in the comments below, how you can easily resolve theWindows can’t stop your Generic volume device because a program is still using iterror.

Fix: Windows Can’t Stop Your Generic Volume Device#

Why can’t Windows stop your Generic volume device?#

How do I do if Windows can’t stop your Generic volume?#

1. End the Explorer.exe process#

2. Configure your USB for quick removal#

3. Force the USB to be in Offline Mode#

4. Assign a new drive letter to your USB drive#

5. Change the file format to FAT32#