Home windows 11 22H2 has an annoying new bug which is stopping some customers from with the ability to safely eject their USB units if Job Supervisor is open.

Everytime you plug in a USB system, particularly a storage system akin to a USB flash drive, you must at all times be sure you safely eject it earlier than eradicating it. In Home windows 11, you must be capable of do that by right-clicking the USB icon on the taskbar and choosing ‘Eject’ by the identify of the system you need to take away.

Annoyingly, nevertheless, some persons are reporting a bug that forestalls them from doing this when Job Supervisor is working. As a substitute, attempting to disconnect the USB system causes Home windows 11 to turn into unresponsive for just a few seconds, after which throws up an error saying “Home windows cannot cease your system as a result of a program continues to be utilizing it. Shut any applications that is perhaps utilizing the system, after which attempt once more later.”

This error normally seems whenever you attempt to eject USB media that is nonetheless getting used -such as whenever you’re copying recordsdata to and from a reminiscence stick. Nonetheless, this bug means you get that warning no matter whether or not or not your USB system is in use – and that may trigger points.

Evaluation: Appears a small problem – however might have huge ramifications

Certain, compared to different Home windows 11 issues, this may increasingly not sound like an enormous problem. It appears to solely occur when Job Supervisor is open on the identical time, and most common customers will not often use it.

You may additionally argue that this bug at the least appears to inform individuals it’s not protected to take away the USB when it’s protected – reasonably than the opposite manner round.

Nonetheless, that is nonetheless a irritating bug that may trigger critical points. There’s a motive why you must at all times safely take away a USB storage system by ejecting it in Home windows 11, reasonably than merely pulling it out of your laptop. When you try this, and the USB system continues to be in use, it’s possible you’ll corrupt the info on the USB – and in excessive circumstances even make your complete USB system unusable. When you’ve got quite a lot of essential stuff saved on the USB stick, that might be an actual nightmare.

So, if Home windows 11 is giving incorrect details about when to take away a USB drive, that’s worrying. It might result in individuals pulling out the system and ignoring the warnings sooner or later.

As we mentioned in our Home windows 11 assessment, the latest working system from Microsoft has the potential to be a superb improve – however bugs like this aren’t going to win it new followers any time quickly.