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I can't safely eject/remove my USB hard drive, because Windows Defender is accessing it all the time:

Die Anwendung \Device\HarddiskVolume6\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Platform\4.18.2103.3-0\MsMpEng.exe mit der Prozess-ID 14472 hat das Entfernen oder Auswerfen für das Gerät USB\VID_174C&PID_5106\00000000000000000000 beendet.

I tried everything from here, but nothing works. Also Process Explorer doesn't let me kill it. I can't stop this service. I need to stop it now and I can't reboot. Otherwise I'll loose the data on the disk. Also the solution has to work on the latest Windows 10 version 20H2. I won't execute random commands from the internet without understanding or knowing what it does (also not many user reporting that it works). There should be an option to undo the operation afterwards.

What can I do?

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Save any documents, close all applications, log off (not restart), remove the drive when logged off (you can do so safely).

Log back on and the drive is now safely removed.

Log off will ask if an app is open and let you save your documents. This works in a multi user environment.