I have the same issue and found the solution by unmounting USB drive in this way,
Go to the Disks and select your USB drive from the left side menu, and click on the icon shown in the below image to unmount USB.
GitHub
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GitHub - WoeUSB/WoeUSB-ng: WoeUSB-ng is a simple tool that enable you to create your own usb stick windows installer from an iso image or a real DVD. This is a rewrite of original WoeUSB.
woeusb: A command-line utility that enables you to create your own bootable Windows installation USB storage device from an existing Windows Installation disc or disk image
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GitHub
github.com › woeusb
WoeUSB · GitHub
WoeUSB-ng is a simple tool that enable you to create your own usb stick windows installer from an iso image or a real DVD.
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SourceForge
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WoeUSB download | SourceForge.net
WoeUSB
Download WoeUSB for free. A Microsoft Windows® USB installation media preparer for GNU+Linux. A Microsoft Windows® USB installation media preparer for GNU+Linux.
Reddit
reddit.com › r/linux4noobs › woeusb
r/linux4noobs on Reddit: Woeusb
October 19, 2023 -
Is there any Linux distribution that has woeusb application in its repositories?
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It's been largely abandoned... No updates in a couple years. Just use Ventoy.
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AS the other post said, WoeUSB is basically Dead, there is WoeUSB-ng but it is rarely mentioned these days. And looking at its homepage, it does not seem super active, but I have no idea how well it works. https://github.com/WoeUSB/WoeUSB-ng The tool VENTOY - is the easiest way to make a bootable windows installer USB under linux. http://ventoy.net
Linux.org
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Woeusb | Linux.org
January 30, 2024 - WoeUSB was abandoned a while ago from what I recall. But I believe it was revived as woeusb-ng. From a quick bit of DuckDuckGo-fu, I found this: https://itsfoss.com/install-woeusb-ubuntu/ Obviously, that’s for Ubuntu, but if you’re using a Debian based distribution, it should work.
GitHub
github.com › slacka › WoeUSB
GitHub - slacka/WoeUSB: WoeUSB is a simple tool that enable you to create your own usb stick windows installer from an iso image or a real DVD. It is a fork of Congelli501's WinUSB.
WoeUSB is a simple tool that enable you to create your own usb stick windows installer from an iso image or a real DVD. It is a fork of Congelli501's WinUSB. - slacka/WoeUSB
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Protectli
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How to Create Bootable Windows 10/11 USBs On Linux using WoeUSB for Protectli Vaults - Protectli Knowledge Base
December 11, 2023 - Fortunately, there is a handy tool called WoeUSB that can solve this issue. A link to WoeUSB can be found on GitHub. A list of the contributors for the program can be found at this link.
WoeUSB
woeusb.github.io › WoeUSB
WoeUSB | A Microsoft Windows® USB installation media preparer for GNU+Linux
A Microsoft Windows® USB installation media preparer for GNU+Linux
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I have the same issue and found the solution by unmounting USB drive in this way,
Go to the Disks and select your USB drive from the left side menu, and click on the icon shown in the below image to unmount USB.
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The command line version of the tool works better in my experience:
woeusb --device Win10_1909_English_x64.iso /dev/sdX --target-filesystem NTFS
/dev/sdX might be different on your system such as sda sdb ..., make sure to check the device path using gparted or fdisk.
Make sure to set the filesystem to NTFS with --target-filesystem NTFS as FAT32 doesn't support large files.
GitHub
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GitHub - WoeUSB/WoeUSB: A Microsoft Windows® USB installation media preparer for GNU+Linux
A Microsoft Windows® USB installation media preparer for GNU+Linux - WoeUSB/WoeUSB
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Arch Linux
aur.archlinux.org › packages › woeusb
AUR (en) - woeusb
We would like to inform you that WoeUSB 5.1.0 has just released, featuring the ability to prepare a FAT32 target filesystem drive from source images that ship over 4GiB WIM archives(essentially all recent Windows 10 ISOs).
WebUpd8
webupd8.org › 2017 › 06 › tool-to-create-bootable-windows-usb.html
Tool To Create Bootable Windows USB Stick From Linux `WinUSB` (Fork) Renamed To `WoeUSB`, Sees New Release ~ Web Upd8: Ubuntu / Linux blog
June 14, 2017 - WoeUSB / WinUSB is a tool that can be used to create a bootable Windows installer USB stick from an ISO or DVD.
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UEFI:NTFS developer here (I am not the person developing WoeUSB but I am the person publishing the uefi-ntfs.img image used by WoeUSB).
We recently increased the size of the uefi-ntfs.img image from 512 KB to 1 MB, so that we could include binaries that are signed for Secure Boot, but it seems the WoeUSB developers hardcoded the size of the target partition where the image should be written to 512 KB, hence your issue.
As with any Open Source project that has a dedicated issue tracker, you should report this issue to the WoeUSB issue tracker so that they can update their code. Thanks.
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WoeUSB maintainer passing by, this bug is now fixed in WoeUSB 5.1.3.
Arch Linux
aur.archlinux.org › packages › woeusb-ng
AUR (en) - woeusb-ng
[Desktop Entry] Version=1.1 Type=Application Name=WoeUSB-ng Comment=Create your own usb stick windows installer from an iso image or a real DVD.
Linux Hint
linuxhint.com › woeusb-bootable-media
How to Use WoeUSB to Make Bootable Media – Linux Hint
In this article, we’ve covered one of the most reputable and efficient tools used to create bootable USB drives — WoeUSB. It is easy to install, and even easier to use. There are two methods to use WoeUSB to create bootable media: one through the GUI and the other using the Terminal.
Hexmos
hexmos.com › freedevtools › tldr › linux › woeusb
Format USB - Create Windows Bootable Drive with WoeUSB | Online Free DevTools by Hexmos - linux Commands - TLDR | Online Free DevTools by Hexmos
November 15, 2025 - Format USB drives to create bootable Windows installation media with WoeUSB. A powerful Linux tool for creating Windows USB drives. Free online tool, no registration required.
Softonic
woeusb.en.softonic.com › home › windows › utilities & tools
WoeUSB - Download
November 26, 2019 - WoeUSB is a tool that helps you set up your very own portable Windows installer on a USB flash drive rather than a mere CD or DVD so it’s much more convenient to carry and pass around.
PyPI
pypi.org › project › WoeUSB-ng
WoeUSB-ng · PyPI
woeusb: A command-line utility that enables you to create your own bootable Windows installation USB storage device from an existing Windows Installation disc or disk image
» pip install WoeUSB-ng
Linux Mint Forums
forums.linuxmint.com › board index › main edition support › installation & boot
How To Make Windows Bootable USB From Linux Mint? - Linux Mint Forums
August 18, 2022 - Install WoeUSB-ng's Dependencies ... launching as WoeUSB-ng GitHub - WoeUSB/WoeUSB-ng: WoeUSB-ng is a simple tool that enable you to create your own usb stick windows installer from an iso image or a real DVD....
Gentoo Wiki
wiki.gentoo.org › wiki › Woeusb
Woeusb - Gentoo wiki
March 28, 2023 - WoeUSB is a command-line utility for creating Microsoft Windows USB installation media, written in Bash.