Discussion:
USB tray icon not appearing?
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J. P. Gilliver
2024-06-24 11:47:04 UTC
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Occasionally, I see that the USB icon in the tray area - the thing to
click on when you want to eject safely - isn't there. The USB devices
(an external HD and a memory stick) are working fine, but I like to
eject safely.

Alternatively, is there any other route to the eject option? In
Explorer, if I right-click on the memory stick, one of the options is
indeed Eject, just below Format...; however, it's not there for the
partitions on the HD.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)***@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

"The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's
money."
VanguardLH
2024-06-24 17:19:14 UTC
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Post by J. P. Gilliver
Occasionally, I see that the USB icon in the tray area - the thing to
click on when you want to eject safely - isn't there. The USB devices
(an external HD and a memory stick) are working fine, but I like to
eject safely.
Alternatively, is there any other route to the eject option? In
Explorer, if I right-click on the memory stick, one of the options is
indeed Eject, just below Format...; however, it's not there for the
partitions on the HD.
rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll

Create a shortcut with that command to open the Safely Remove Hardware
wizard. That lets you stop the device (flush a write buffer to the
storage drive if a buffer was assigned). Then eject.

The tray icon won't display if none of the removable devices need to be
ejected before disconnect. In Device Manager (devmgmt.msc) under the
Disk Drives category, right-click on the USB-attached HD (hard drive),
click Properties, and select the Policies tab. Perhaps the drive is
configured to the Quick Removal policy meaning the OS will not allocate
a write buffer to the device that must be flushed before disconnecting
the drive.

Stopping the device and ejecting are not performed on partition
boundaries, but on device objects. The entire device gets stopped and
ejected, not a partition on the device. Perhaps what you were thinking
about was mounting of partitions (with drive letters assigned to them).
J. P. Gilliver
2024-06-24 17:52:53 UTC
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Post by VanguardLH
Post by J. P. Gilliver
Occasionally, I see that the USB icon in the tray area - the thing to
click on when you want to eject safely - isn't there. The USB devices
(an external HD and a memory stick) are working fine, but I like to
eject safely.
Alternatively, is there any other route to the eject option? In
Explorer, if I right-click on the memory stick, one of the options is
indeed Eject, just below Format...; however, it's not there for the
partitions on the HD.
rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll
Create a shortcut with that command to open the Safely Remove Hardware
wizard. That lets you stop the device (flush a write buffer to the
storage drive if a buffer was assigned). Then eject.
Thanks. That brings up something that looks as if it would be useful.
Post by VanguardLH
The tray icon won't display if none of the removable devices need to be
ejected before disconnect. In Device Manager (devmgmt.msc) under the
Disk Drives category, right-click on the USB-attached HD (hard drive),
click Properties, and select the Policies tab. Perhaps the drive is
configured to the Quick Removal policy meaning the OS will not allocate
a write buffer to the device that must be flushed before disconnecting
the drive.
I haven't consciously changed anything about the USB stick or USB HD,
and over the last few weeks at least, the tray icon has mostly been
present when any of them (or the SD card) are plugged in.
Post by VanguardLH
Stopping the device and ejecting are not performed on partition
boundaries, but on device objects. The entire device gets stopped and
ejected, not a partition on the device. Perhaps what you were thinking
about was mounting of partitions (with drive letters assigned to them).
No, I realise I can't unplug just one partition! Normally, when the tray
icon _is_ there, clicking (or right-clicking, I can't remember) on it
pops up something like

USB memory
G: KIOXIA
USB drive
H: partition
I: partition

, and I can select USB drive (not H or I) to eject. (Or G.)

Thanks again - the above command line looks like it will do the job in
future if the tray icon hides.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)***@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Practicall every British actor with a bus pass is in there ...
Barry Norman (on "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" [2011]), RT 2015/12/12-18
NY
2024-06-24 19:35:57 UTC
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Post by J. P. Gilliver
No, I realise I can't unplug just one partition! Normally, when the tray
icon _is_ there, clicking (or right-clicking, I can't remember) on it
pops up something like
USB memory
G: KIOXIA
USB drive
H: partition
I: partition
, and I can select USB drive (not H or I) to eject. (Or G.)
Thanks again - the above command line looks like it will do the job in
future if the tray icon hides.
Am I imagining it or was there a version of Windows where, when you
clicked on the tray icon, the name of the drive (eg "USB drive") was
greyed out and you clicked on any of the drive letters / partitions to
force the whole drive to dismount? I can't be arsed to walk to the other
end of the house and fire up my Win 7 PC to see if it behaves
differently to my Win 10 laptop.
J. P. Gilliver
2024-06-25 06:36:45 UTC
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Post by J. P. Gilliver
Post by VanguardLH
rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll
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Post by J. P. Gilliver
Thanks. That brings up something that looks as if it would be useful.
[]
I spoke too soon! It brings up a "Safely Remove Hardware" window,
containing only "KIOXIA TransMemory USB Device" (which is correct, I now
only have that one such device plugged in), with buttons for Properties,
Stop, and Close. I click Stop, and get a window Stop a Hardware device,
with a window containing

KIOXIA TransMemory USB Device
Generic volume - (G:)

and OK and Cancel buttons. So I select either one (it won't let me
select both), and click OK - and get a window "Problem Ejecting KIOXIA
TransMemory USB Device" [in passing observation: Microsoft Really Do
Love Their "Title Case", Don't They!], containing

The 'KIOXIA TransMemory USB Device' device is not removable and
cannot be ejected or unplugged.

and an OK button.

I'll just unplug it - I'm shutting down, and haven't read from it for
many minutes (or written to it for days).
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)***@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Just because you're old it doesn't mean you go beige. Quite the reverse.
- Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, RT 2015/7/11-17
Paul
2024-06-25 08:07:00 UTC
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Post by J. P. Gilliver
The 'KIOXIA TransMemory USB Device' device is not removable and
cannot be ejected or unplugged.
and an OK button.
I'll just unplug it - I'm shutting down, and haven't read from it for
many minutes (or written to it for days).
You've proved 'em wrong then, that indeed, that USB connector does
allow the device to be yanked clear of the box.

Just for laughs (you like a good chuckle), you should try "Offline" in
Disk Management and then try some flavouring of "Eject", whatever one
you might like to test. This time, it might change its tune.

Unless it has concluded the metal shells on the two USB parts,
have become soldered together, and it knows something you didn't notice
(a Bot with a soldering iron).

Paul
Jeff Barnett
2024-06-24 19:27:37 UTC
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Post by J. P. Gilliver
Occasionally, I see that the USB icon in the tray area - the thing to
click on when you want to eject safely - isn't there. The USB devices
(an external HD and a memory stick) are working fine, but I like to
eject safely.
Alternatively, is there any other route to the eject option? In
Explorer, if I right-click on the memory stick, one of the options is
indeed Eject, just below Format...; however, it's not there for the
partitions on the HD.
I occasionally see the same behavior. Just click on the "Show hidden
icons" triangle near lower right corner. That does the trick for me.
--
Jeff Barnett
J. P. Gilliver
2024-06-24 20:40:08 UTC
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In message <v5chbb$131de$***@dont-email.me> at Mon, 24 Jun 2024 13:27:37,
Jeff Barnett <***@notatt.com> writes
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Post by Jeff Barnett
I occasionally see the same behavior. Just click on the "Show hidden
icons" triangle near lower right corner. That does the trick for me.
Thanks, but I don't like having constantly-changing things in the tray,
so I have "hide icons" (or whatever the option is called) turned off -
no triangle. But was a good thought!
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)***@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Everything will be all right in the end. And if everything isn't all right,
then it isn't the end. - The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)
Paul
2024-06-24 19:47:05 UTC
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Occasionally, I see that the USB icon in the tray area - the thing to click on when you want to eject safely - isn't there. The USB devices (an external HD and a memory stick) are working fine, but I like to eject safely.
Alternatively, is there any other route to the eject option? In Explorer, if I right-click on the memory stick, one of the options is indeed Eject, just below Format...; however, it's not there for the partitions on the HD.
You can try bringing up Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc)
and right-clicking the left-most box on the USB row and
select "Eject" from the menu.

The response to "Eject" that way, should be to remove the
USB row from Disk Management view. That's your proof it "took".

On W10/W11, even if the tray eject policy has changed to
not allowing you to interact with FAT32 USB sticks, you
can still go to Disk Management and practice your Eject there.

While you can change the status of a row in Disk Management to
"Offline" to effectively disconnect it, the downside of doing
that is the next time the device is connected, it's still
"Offline". You have to use Disk Management again and make
it "Online" status. This is useful when a backup program uses
NTFS transactional protocol, and after the backup program is
closed, there is a "side effect" on the disk and it simply
will not "Eject". No way and no how. Not everyone sees this,
so I do not know what the root cause is. But making the disk
"Offline" seems to help.

And Van has given you the command to bring the icon back.

Nir Sofer likely has a NirCmd or similar program, and
perhaps ejection is available there.

Paul
J. P. Gilliver
2024-06-24 20:51:34 UTC
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Post by Paul
Post by J. P. Gilliver
Occasionally, I see that the USB icon in the tray area - the thing to
click on when you want to eject safely - isn't there. The USB devices
(an external HD and a memory stick) are working fine, but I like to
eject safely.
Alternatively, is there any other route to the eject option? In
Explorer, if I right-click on the memory stick, one of the options is
indeed Eject, just below Format...; however, it's not there for the
partitions on the HD.
You can try bringing up Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc)
and right-clicking the left-most box on the USB row and
select "Eject" from the menu.
Thanks, that looks like another way to get there.
Post by Paul
The response to "Eject" that way, should be to remove the
USB row from Disk Management view. That's your proof it "took".
Presumably having flushed any buffers.
Post by Paul
On W10/W11, even if the tray eject policy has changed to
I _think_ I'll be "cold, dead hands" with W7. I bought this machine
January 2023, and haven't had as long a "honeymoon period" with any that
I can remember: I'm still finding it a pleasure to use. (Apart from very
minor keyboard quirks [PgUp/PgDn/Home/End need the Fn key. But I'm used
to that now.])
Post by Paul
not allowing you to interact with FAT32 USB sticks, you
can still go to Disk Management and practice your Eject there.
While you can change the status of a row in Disk Management to
"Offline" to effectively disconnect it, the downside of doing
that is the next time the device is connected, it's still
"Offline". You have to use Disk Management again and make
it "Online" status. This is useful when a backup program uses
Useful to know, thanks.
Post by Paul
NTFS transactional protocol, and after the backup program is
closed, there is a "side effect" on the disk and it simply
will not "Eject". No way and no how. Not everyone sees this,
so I do not know what the root cause is. But making the disk
"Offline" seems to help.
And Van has given you the command to bring the icon back.
If you mean his "rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll",
it doesn't bring the tray icon back, but pops up a window that looks
very similar.
Post by Paul
Nir Sofer likely has a NirCmd or similar program, and
perhaps ejection is available there.
Paul
I keep forgetting I've got the NirSoft and SysInternals suites (with
NirLauncher); as you said, there's probably something there.

Wish I knew why the tray USB icon sometimes decides not to be there
(even when I have e. g. a memory stick plugged in), though!
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)***@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

There's too much attention paid to how TV can be bad for you, but I think it's
good for us more often than it's bad - Professor Barrie Gunter of Sheffield
University (quoted in RT, 15-21 March 2003).
H***@gizmo.com
2024-06-24 22:54:22 UTC
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Post by J. P. Gilliver
Post by Paul
Post by J. P. Gilliver
Occasionally, I see that the USB icon in the tray area - the thing to
click on when you want to eject safely - isn't there. The USB devices
(an external HD and a memory stick) are working fine, but I like to
eject safely.
Alternatively, is there any other route to the eject option? In
Explorer, if I right-click on the memory stick, one of the options is
indeed Eject, just below Format...; however, it's not there for the
partitions on the HD.
You can try bringing up Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc)
and right-clicking the left-most box on the USB row and
select "Eject" from the menu.
Thanks, that looks like another way to get there.
Post by Paul
The response to "Eject" that way, should be to remove the
USB row from Disk Management view. That's your proof it "took".
Presumably having flushed any buffers.
Post by Paul
On W10/W11, even if the tray eject policy has changed to
I _think_ I'll be "cold, dead hands" with W7. I bought this machine
January 2023, and haven't had as long a "honeymoon period" with any that
I can remember: I'm still finding it a pleasure to use. (Apart from very
minor keyboard quirks [PgUp/PgDn/Home/End need the Fn key. But I'm used
to that now.])
Post by Paul
not allowing you to interact with FAT32 USB sticks, you
can still go to Disk Management and practice your Eject there.
While you can change the status of a row in Disk Management to
"Offline" to effectively disconnect it, the downside of doing
that is the next time the device is connected, it's still
"Offline". You have to use Disk Management again and make
it "Online" status. This is useful when a backup program uses
Useful to know, thanks.
Post by Paul
NTFS transactional protocol, and after the backup program is
closed, there is a "side effect" on the disk and it simply
will not "Eject". No way and no how. Not everyone sees this,
so I do not know what the root cause is. But making the disk
"Offline" seems to help.
And Van has given you the command to bring the icon back.
If you mean his "rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll",
it doesn't bring the tray icon back, but pops up a window that looks
very similar.
Post by Paul
Nir Sofer likely has a NirCmd or similar program, and
perhaps ejection is available there.
Paul
I keep forgetting I've got the NirSoft and SysInternals suites (with
NirLauncher); as you said, there's probably something there.
Wish I knew why the tray USB icon sometimes decides not to be there
(even when I have e. g. a memory stick plugged in), though!
--
There's too much attention paid to how TV can be bad for you, but I think it's
good for us more often than it's bad - Professor Barrie Gunter of Sheffield
University (quoted in RT, 15-21 March 2003).
You people are fucking idiots. You even need an app to do something as
simple as plugging in and unplugging a damn USB drive.

Get a life!
J. P. Gilliver
2024-06-24 23:21:42 UTC
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In message <***@dizum.com> at Tue, 25 Jun
2024 00:54:22, ***@gizmo.com writes
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Post by H***@gizmo.com
You people are fucking idiots. You even need an app to do something as
simple as plugging in and unplugging a damn USB drive.
Get a life!
I think you've completely failed to read the thread, or at least
understand it.

I certainly don't need an "app" to do anything: I don't have a
smartphone. And I have sufficient knowledge and experience to know that
you can't just go unplugging a USB drive from a Windows computer
willy-nilly: _usually_ you'll be OK, but sometimes doing that - without
checking everything's finished - can corrupt from the current file to
the whole "disc" (stick, HD, whatever).
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)***@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Sometimes I'm so sweet even I can't stand it. ~ Julie Andrews
Paul
2024-06-25 02:04:19 UTC
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Post by H***@gizmo.com
You people are fucking idiots. You even need an app to do something as
simple as plugging in and unplugging a damn USB drive.
Get a life!
I think you've completely failed to read the thread, or at least understand it.
I certainly don't need an "app" to do anything: I don't have a smartphone. And I have sufficient knowledge and experience to know that you can't just go unplugging a USB drive from a Windows computer willy-nilly: _usually_ you'll be OK, but sometimes doing that - without checking everything's finished - can corrupt from the current file to the whole "disc" (stick, HD, whatever).
In theory, unplugging FAT32 is safe... except not all USB sticks
have a LED for activity inside, and with the system write buffer,
there can still be data in the buffer and a potential for corruption.

NTFS is the one which is normally kept in the tray for ejection.
NTFS has a playback journal, so it can take care of fragments.
But, if you pull the stick while 5GB of data is still in the
System Write cache, obviously that has to hurt.

Flushing, via Eject, is the conservative approach. The
computer should know when it's safe, not the human operator
(sans LED indicator). My OCZ Rally2 has the nicest LED of the
bunch, it has no "breathing patterns", it has a bright orange/yellow LED
and only blinks when it is active. Most of the other USB sticks
have some kind of defect, like I bought two sticks, one happened
to be made in Malaysia, the other in China, one had a LED,
the other didn't, and they have the exact same product code
on the packages. But where they're made, is printed on the package.

A few cheesy USB items in my collection, it turns out they do have
blue LEDs, and the package has a "pinhole" in the plastic. You need
a completely dark room to realize there is a LED in there. Sooo clever.

Paul
J. P. Gilliver
2024-06-25 05:11:25 UTC
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Post by Paul
[]
Post by H***@gizmo.com
You people are fucking idiots. You even need an app to do something as
simple as plugging in and unplugging a damn USB drive.
Get a life!
[]
Post by Paul
that you can't just go unplugging a USB drive from a Windows computer
[]
Post by Paul
In theory, unplugging FAT32 is safe... except not all USB sticks
have a LED for activity inside, and with the system write buffer,
there can still be data in the buffer and a potential for corruption.
NTFS is the one which is normally kept in the tray for ejection.
NTFS has a playback journal, so it can take care of fragments.
But, if you pull the stick while 5GB of data is still in the
System Write cache, obviously that has to hurt.
My response was mainly to "***@gizmo.com"'s flippant comment.
[]
Post by Paul
A few cheesy USB items in my collection, it turns out they do have
blue LEDs, and the package has a "pinhole" in the plastic. You need
a completely dark room to realize there is a LED in there. Sooo clever.
Paul
A lot of modern USB sticks have metal bodies - looking like just an
extension of the USB connector. I think most of those don't have an LED.
My external HD (really just a laptop-type drive in the cheap extruded
case with a little PCB), I think there _is_ an LED on the PCB, but I've
never noticed it.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)***@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

"The great tragedy of science, the slaying of a beautiful theory by an ugly
fact. - Thomas Henry Huxley
VanguardLH
2024-06-29 07:29:19 UTC
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Post by J. P. Gilliver
Post by H***@gizmo.com
You people are fucking idiots. You even need an app to do something
as simple as plugging in and unplugging a damn USB drive.
Get a life!
I think you've completely failed to read the thread, or at least
understand it. ...
You are responding to a troll. Look at the injection node in the PATH
header, which shows:

PATH: ...!sewer!news.dizum.net!not-for-mail

It has an appropriate node named "sewer", because that is the shit that
flows from the dizum remailer. Dizum is worse than was Google Groups.
Best to filter out all the dizum crap provided your client can test on
the PATH header (which means your client needs to download the full
article to let it test on the non-overview headers).

You'll find Usenet a lot more friendly and useful if you don't wade in
its sewers.
J. P. Gilliver
2024-06-29 09:30:33 UTC
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Post by VanguardLH
Post by J. P. Gilliver
I think you've completely failed to read the thread, or at least
understand it. ...
You are responding to a troll. Look at the injection node in the PATH
PATH: ...!sewer!news.dizum.net!not-for-mail
It has an appropriate node named "sewer", because that is the shit that
flows from the dizum remailer. Dizum is worse than was Google Groups.
Best to filter out all the dizum crap provided your client can test on
the PATH header (which means your client needs to download the full
article to let it test on the non-overview headers).
You'll find Usenet a lot more friendly and useful if you don't wade in
its sewers.
I'd killfiled him anyway, just hadn't noticed he was a dizum. Yes, I can
set complex kill rules.

My old software collects headers and bodies separately, so I can save
time by filtering on headers, though that's usually not that important
these days anyway (the software started in the days of dialup).
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)***@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

I'd rather trust the guys in the lab coats who aren't demanding that I get up
early on Sundays to apologize for being human.
-- Captain Splendid (quoted by "The Real Bev" in mozilla.general, 2014-11-16)
VanguardLH
2024-06-24 22:14:26 UTC
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Nir Sofer likely has a NirCmd or similar program, and perhaps ejection
is available there.
I have Nirsoft's USB Device View (USBdeview). You can enable/disable,
disconnect/reconnect, or uninstall a USB device. No eject option. I
suspect disconnect and eject are the same.

Sometimes the USB enumeration data in the Windows registry can be
invalid, or corrupted. Replugging the USB device won't change the
enumeration data already stored. You uninstall the device which erases
the enumeration data in the registry. When you next plug in the USB
device, the handshaking between it and the OS sends the presentation
data that creates the enumeration data, and the device starts working
again. You can do the same by editing the ENUM subkey for the device in
the registry, but that takes more work. If you want to see the registry
entry, you can right-click on the USB device in USBdeview to have it
open regedit.exe to the ENUM subkey for the device.

A "Safe to Unplug" column in USBdeview lets you know if an eject is
needed or not. Unfortunately help is not bundled with USBdeview. You
have to go to http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html to see,
for example, what the color-coded dot icons mean next to each device:
gray = not connected, green = connected, safe to unplug with disconnect,
purple = connected, disconnect using USBdeview or Windows Safely Remove
Hardware wizard, red = device is disabled.

In USBdeview, you can either view data in the columns, or double-click a
device to see a table of the same data. It's a handy tool.
J. P. Gilliver
2024-06-25 06:38:20 UTC
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In message <v5cifr$13c3s$***@dont-email.me> at Mon, 24 Jun 2024 15:47:05,
Paul <***@needed.invalid> writes
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Post by Paul
You can try bringing up Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc)
and right-clicking the left-most box on the USB row and
select "Eject" from the menu.
It's not there! (-:
[]
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)***@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Just because you're old it doesn't mean you go beige. Quite the reverse.
- Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, RT 2015/7/11-17
Paul
2024-06-25 09:26:39 UTC
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Post by Paul
You can try bringing up Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc)
and right-clicking the left-most box on the USB row and
select "Eject" from the menu.
[]
I can't do a Win7 right now, because that machine is
moving backups around on a disk, and the machine won't be
available for quite a while.

This shows a particular USB stick (one which would install
a copy of some Windows OS), and at least these two OSes
show the Eject.

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Now, I could try in a VM, using USB passthru, but the odds
of that working are pretty low. Which means of course, I have
to try it.

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At a guess, there is something about the stick or the setup
that presents this option. I don't think every USB thing
gives the option.

I just tested with an older Kingston DataTraveller, but even it
does not have that conventional a setup (it's for flashing my
BIOS). And it offers Eject like the other pictures.

If we consult Uwe's page:

https://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbstick_e.html

"removable media bit (RMB)"

DRIVE_REMOVABLE versus DRIVE_FIXED

Notice that my two test USB sticks, are the REMOVABLE kind,
where the media is "volatile" and can be "ejected". But
there is (at least), a Sony brand stick that behaves
as if it was a hard drive with a USB adapter. There is
a temptation with the higher capacity sticks, to have
the controller say they are "FIXED".

At one time, Uwe used to mention a toshiba? driver that
"coerces" USB sticks to be REMOVABLE. It's likely a filter
driver that prevents the OS from seeing the actual RMB value.
But the driver is likely unsigned and a "not-welcome" item
on a modern computer. That could be why he removed the description.
At least, I can't see that section right now.

Paul
Zaidy036
2024-06-25 17:53:26 UTC
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Post by J. P. Gilliver
Occasionally, I see that the USB icon in the tray area - the thing to
click on when you want to eject safely - isn't there. The USB devices
(an external HD and a memory stick) are working fine, but I like to
eject safely.
Alternatively, is there any other route to the eject option? In
Explorer, if I right-click on the memory stick, one of the options is
indeed Eject, just below Format...; however, it's not there for the
partitions on the HD.
Try: NET START PlugPlay
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