Ubuntu Install breaks USB

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Hello,
Every time I try to run balena Etcher -(1.19.25.Setup) on my Windows 10PC, to create an install package for Ubuntu on a USB drive, the drive is broken.

After running Etcher, first it says I have to format the drive or I can’t open it.
Then when I try to format it and erase what Etcher just wrote to it. Then it says the drive is write protected, so I can’t format anyway.

I’ve saved the USB by running the instructions here, but then I have to start over and run Etcher again. Same thing happens every time.

Am I using the wrong version of Etcher?

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It sounds like the proper version of Etcher. At what point is it telling you to format the drive? Is that when selecting the target drive from the list?