Windows 10: Change "removal policy" defaults for current and all future drives?

This is basically a repost from Reddit a month ago, with no replies. Here it goes:

It's maddening.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...external-media

Every drive I plug gets defaulted to quick removal which makes them read/write at no more than 40 MB/s. For each drive I have to go change that policy (one by one) and restart the whole system. Sometimes when changing the policy it asks for a restart, sometimes not, but while the setting "sticks" it has no effect until the restart. Got a new drive to work with? Hard luck, go change it manually, close everything and restart.

And it gets worse. While the policy is "remembered", sometimes it resets itself for a drive upon connecting it (for no reason it seems). You didn't realise and started copying 200GB of data? Enjoy your 40 MB/s.

Is there a group policy or registry to make the default for all drives current and future "better performance" and "enable write caching"? I can't find anything. Only useless articles showing how to change the setting normally. On top of everything quick removal is useless for journaled filesystems like NTFS, why did they change it in the first place?

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I've just went back to the issue and spent a while trying to get around it. Afaik there's seems to be no cmd nor powershell command (so it could be run in a script), nor registry nor group policy for this setting. I've run out of places where to look.

What's funny is that that quick removal policy not only makes any drive slow to the point of being unusable, if you're copying any amount of small files the drive simply stops responding and the whole system freezes. You know, that old shit Windows behaviour that when a drive stops responding the whole system freezes until the drive responds again or you pull the plug on it.

:)

 

Change default driving directions app?

Ok, so on the advise of these forums, I just got onto the Nokia HERE navigations apps for my HTC 8x, and so far I love them. But I had also just got the feature working that allows you to 'tap' an address (like say, from the location field of a Calendar
appointment) and have it bring up driving directions. Well, when I do that, it brings up the default 'Maps' app (which I believe is Bing Maps), and I do not see a way to change that to HERE Drive+.



Another post suggested uninstalling the current default map app, then tap an address and it should let you choose a new default, but when I tap and hold on the Maps icon in the app list, it does not give an uninstall option.



Is there another way I can get my default map app changed to HERE Drive+ so that it comes up when I tap an address? Thanks!

 

Lost default photo viewer after profile rebuild


Thanks Brink. I've tried those steps before i started searching Google. After the profile rebuild i don't have the Photo app listed to choose to make it default in either the system settings for default apps or the Open With option.

I can't even find it doing a search. Seems to have been removed somehow with the profile rebuild, which doesn't make sense.

Might be helpful to list what i've done I've done the open with check, the choose default program in the system menu, tried that in device manager default programs also. I've checked the programs and features Turn windows features on/off and it's not listed there (never thought it was but that was a suggestion), searched the MS Store, it's not listed there either.

I don't like playing in the registry unless i have defined steps and haven't found anything for this yet, just the Win7 version like in my OP.

 

Changing default browser to IE and wifi issues

Hi Ed,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.



I suggest you to follow the steps below and check if it helps.

• 
  In desktop search, type default app settings and select the result.
  
• 
  Under Web browser, click the current browser (EDGE).
  
• 
  Choose Internet Explorer and set it as
  default.
  

Hope it helps.