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Updated on 2025-04-14

A collection of methods to solve XP's inability to stop 'generic volume'

The first method:

A very small and practical software from abroad, with only 191KB, called unlocker, which is very useful! This software can unlock USB-connected devices! It can achieve 100% safe deletion of USB connections!

The second method:

We just need to turn off the system's preview function, and this problem will not occur again. The operation method is: double-click my computer - Tools - Folder Options - General - Tasks - Use a folder in the traditional style of Windows, and then click App - OK. This is OK!

The third method:

First close the open file that exists on the mobile device. Go to other hard disk partitions to do simple operations such as "copy", "paste", etc., and then you can stop. End the "" process and can also be deleted normally. Method: Press the "Ctrl" + "Alt" + "Del" key combination on the keyboard at the same time. At this time, the "Task Manager" window will appear. Click the "Process" tab and look for the "" process in the "Image Name" (if there are multiple "" processes, all of them will be closed.), select the "" process, and then click "End Process". At this time, a "Task Manager Warning" will pop up. In order to let the user determine whether to close the process, clicking "Yes" will close the "" process.

There is another last way, turn off the computer, and safely unplug it after the flash drive indicator light is turned off; if there is no flash drive, then safely unplug it after the computer power indicator light is turned off.

However, the above methods all occurred after the issue of "The general volume device cannot be stopped now, please wait and stop the device". So is there a way to prevent this problem?

First plug the flash memory into the USB interface, then right-click the "My Computer" icon in Windows XP, expand "Properties → Hardware → Device Manager → Disk Drive" in turn, find "USB Flash Drive  USB Device" (the flash memory names may be different for different brands), and then double-click it to open the "USB Flash Drive  USB Device Properties" dialog box. Switch to the Policy tab, select Optimize for Quick Delete, and click OK to exit. In the future, you don’t have to pay attention to the “Safe Delete Hardware” icon in the system tray. As long as the data is not read and write to the flash memory (that is, the flash memory indicator does not flash), you can directly unplug the flash memory from the USB interface.

The fourth method:

Uninstall the entire USB driver and reinstall

The fifth method:

Enter this command in "Start"----"Run": REGSVR32/U