How to untie an external drive from the system so that it is legitimate?

Question

Windows

It is clear that you can just pull out, but it's rude.
The external drive was used simply for copying and storing files.
There can be no processes that would explicitly have open files on the disk (in theory).
However, when I try to disconnect the disk, I get this:

Screenshot of the error

Searching for related handles through the Resource Monitor turned up nothing.
Process Explorer found strange open folders, but in theory this should not be a problem.

Screenshot from Process Explorer

In addition, they are not on the disk itself:

Screenshot from Total Commander

It is also strange that other removable drives, flash drives, cannot be removed either - the system displays the same error. Even for drives with the FAT32 file system.

spoiler

How to find the culprit and kill him?
Unfortunately, you cannot shutdown/reboot the system (and also kill all processes in a row one by one). Windows 7 x64.

Answer 1

J:\$Extend\$RmMetadata\$ Txf
Transactional NTFS (TxF)
This behavior is reported on the Internet. Stopping indexing (windows search) helps someone, stopping superfetch for someone, stopping defender for someone, acronis interfered with someone.

Answer 2

You can untie it as you like - in any case it will be legitimate. At least in Russia.

Answer 3

Only personal experience:
- the disk is open on the FAR panel, even hidden;
- the disk was scanned by the video catalog program (for some time, then it releases, apparently it keeps the cache for reading)

Answer 4

Sometimes I encounter similar problems, and it helps me, an excellent program, in my opinion, USB Safely Remove.

Answer 5

1. I don't see.... You are writing. Yes, you should not see this, this metadata is the same as MFT, you do not see it, but it is.
2. The problem has been since windows whist
Some people have it after installing Akronis TI.
Others have an active RDP connection.
3. https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/4ad...
Here is the answer how to see which utilities. I hope that you are friends with English.