USB Disk Ejector crashes

[sanjayen]

I use Windows 20H1 with Windows Security as the antivirus/ antimalware engine. I had to backup data from one external HDD to another and hence connected both of them.

After the copy, Windows does not allow me to eject either of the 2 disks. Used Failed Ejection Informer [https://github.com/thedavidhurt/failed-ejection-informer] to find out that the process MsMpEng.exe is blocking the disks from being removed.

Downloaded USB Disk Ejector to see if this can eject but it crashes with the following message for both HDD.

Access violation at address 00409D5A in module 'USB_Disk_Eject.exe'. Write of address 004E003B.

Any thoughts on what I can do better the next time and configure USB Disk Ejector so that it can eject properly?

[bgbennyboy]

Its difficult if Windows defender is blocking ejection - the problem is with windows defender. There are some suggestions in this thread that you could try.

Having said that USB Disk Ejector shouldn't be crashing, it should just tell you it cant eject the drive. I'm running Windows 20H2, I'll see if I can reproduce the bug.

[sanjayen]

Do you have a debug build or can you create one which I can run to find out the problem? I am dead tired of being unable to disconnect a drive. I had to yank the cables out as I could not reboot the machine.