Why can't I eject my flash drives safely when you run Firefox?

When I market/internet browsing on Firefox. I can't eject my flash drives safely. each time, I get this:

"Problem ejecting USB Mass Storage device - this legacy is currently in use. Close any programs or windows that might be using the device, and then try again. »

Flash drives are not used most of the time, except when I record something for them. Nothing is using them and all the stops and other things are accomplished, but I can't safely eject when Firefox is running. I have to close Firefox to eject safely. I can't in safe mode, however. Is a weird glitch, or something else happens with Firefox?

I found the culprit using Process Explorer. It is RecordingManager.exe which is part of the extension RealDownloader 1.3.0 from RealNetworks Inc.. I could see it was making reference to my letter of the USB drive, don't have however no idea why it was.

Kill the RecordingManager.exe process while leaving the FF running meant I could now eject the USB key.

Deactivation of the FF extension has prevented the problem from happening again.

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