I even tried to reboot my laptop, plug in the (empty) drive, run LaunchPad, let it sit over night in case there is anti-virus, indexing, or anything else that might be accessing the drive, and I still cannot eject or remove the drive without getting either U3 or Windows error message. Below is the error message I got when I tried to “Eject” it although there is absolutely no open docs or programs. However, I can never use the “Eject” feature of LaunchPad nor I can use the Windows “Safely Remove” feature to first disable the drive before physically unplugging it. Hi there - I can always run my LaunchPad in my Windows 7 64-bit Professional, probably because I have the Compatibility Mode unchecked by default.