Windows 10: Drive letters not showing up in safely remove hardware

Discus and support Drive letters not showing up in safely remove hardware in Windows 10 Customization to solve the problem; Since updating to Win 10 2004, safely remove hardware no longer shows the drive letters of my external hard drives. When I click on the SRH icon the... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Customization' started by Christopher Johnson 68, Aug 11, 2020.

  1. Drive letters not showing up in safely remove hardware


    Since updating to Win 10 2004, safely remove hardware no longer shows the drive letters of my external hard drives. When I click on the SRH icon the first thing it shows is "open devices and printers" and then "eject backup+ desk", "eject backup+ hub BK" etc. Before it showed the drive letters "M", "N", "P" & "Q". Also the Safely Remove Hardware" icon does not show up in Taskbar settings. I'm often adding temporary external drives and would like to have their drive letter show up when I click on the SRH icon to remove them. Any suggestions as to how to fix this issue?

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    Christopher Johnson 68, Aug 11, 2020
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  2. Lazzer408 Win User

    help. USB drive isn't assigned a drive letter.

    Any usb flash drive I plug into my computer isn't assigned a drive letter. The physical drive shows in the "safely remove hardware" but it doesnt show up in disk management. I have tried to populate the volume thru the safely remove hardware properties window and it does pop up in the list but it doesn't stay there. This isn't a format or assign a letter problem. It's more complicated then that. Maybe one of the services needed for usb drive management was disabled? Suggestions needed. btw external usb harddrives work fine.
     
    Lazzer408, Aug 11, 2020
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  3. Safely Remove Hardware - Windows 10

    Hi Grant,

    Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

    I understand that you have concern about the how to safely removal of external device from Windows 10. I apologize for the inconvenience caused to you.

    I suggest you to provide you valuable suggestion in the feedback app.

    1. Click on Search bar.

    2. Type "Windows Feedback" without the quotes in the search bar and click on it.

    3. Then provide your suggestion.

    We can also removely safely the external pen drives or external hard drive through below steps.

    1. Open File Explorer.

    2. It will show the list of Drives available on the computer, then right click on the external drive which you want to remove safely.

    3. The click on Eject option from the list.

    Let us know if you need any further assistance on Windows related issues and we will be glad to help.
     
    Nyima Yonten, Aug 11, 2020
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  4. FrankS Win User

    Drive letters not showing up in safely remove hardware

    Safely Remove Hardware icon missing

    Hi
    In the last few days the 'Safely Remove Hardware' icon has gone missing from my Taskbar. Also, if I right-click on the USB stick or USB hard drive in 'This Computer' the Eject option is missing.
    In PC Settings/Personalisation/Taskbar/Notification area/Select which icons appear on the taskbar I have 'Always show all icons in the notification area' switched on & all items in the list are in the 'on' state including 'Windows Explorer (Safely Remove Hardware & Eject Media).
    Any suggestions?
     
    FrankS, Aug 11, 2020
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