Unable to "safely remove" external drive on Windows 11

[antares]

I've set up a new computer running Windows 11. I also installed Everything as a service. However, I haven't been able to "safely remove" external storage anymore ever since. (On Windows 7, running as a regular program, there was no such issue.) In Everything settings, I chose not to include external volumes in indexing - although they to appear there.

If I check the Event Viewer in such cases, the relevant entries usually say: "The application System with process id 4 stopped the removal or ejection for the device USB\VID_174C&PID_55AA\MSFT3000000000000000000000.")

And this is the output of OpenedFilesView in such cases (F and E in this case are the external drives):


In Disk Manager, the external storage is always "optimized for quick removal" under Policies, so I just unplug the drive, as I don't really have a choice.

Is there anything I can do to prevent this? Or is simply unplugging enough?

[void]

Thank you for the bug report antares,

What model external hard drive do you have?

Could you please send some debug output:

• Please make sure your external hard disk is connected.
• In Everything, type in the following search and press ENTER:
  /debug_log
• Eject your disk.
  --wait for the unable to safely remove message--
• In Everything, type in the following search and press ENTER:
  /restart
• please send your %TEMP%\Everything Debug Log.txt to support@voidtools.com

[therube]

However, I haven't been able to "safely remove" external storage anymore ever since.

Does that mean that you were able to safely remove before you installed Everything (& its' Service)?

If not, if you (now) uninstall Everything & its' Service, are you then able to safely remove?

Why type of drive is this?

[therube]

Does the fact that OpenedFilesView shows a E:|F: $TxfLogContainer0000000000000000000x entry imply that Everything is holding something (a handle) open there?

[therube]

On my end, an "F:" (NTFS, & maybe that matters) drive shows up in OFV (with a $TxfLogContainer0000000000000000000x entry), whether indexed (& journaled) in Everything or not. (And does safely remove, regardless.)

A different drive, K: (FAT), is not seen by OFV - unless I actually open a file/directory on it.