Windows 10: How to open or eject a USB flash drive that's not recognized

So I used to see a small arrow pointing upward on the task bar which I could click on to use a USB memory stick, but it's not there now + I did not see any notification window pop open that I put it in. I have the USB stick in my pc now + have not been able to find how to open or eject it. I have looked into the Device Manager/USB Controllers but don't see USB Mass storage device, so it's not recognized.

I know how to drag + transfer the files once it's open no worries there. Oh I did have my pc in a local shop to remove some viruses, not sure if there's a connection or if this happened on another update.

Can I get the steps to help me, thanks.

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No Option To Eject USB Flash Drive


New Windows 10 Pro install. When I click on the USB icon to eject a flash drive the flash drive shows up, but the option to eject USB flash memory is missing.

Windows 10 Issue




How it should look, but this is from a Win 7 machine.

 

Remounting ejected USB Flash drive in Win 10

Hi,

After I safely eject a USB flash drive, after a while, if I plug it back in again it is not recognised. How do I remount it.

It seems that I have to re-boot my PC to get it to recognise the USB flash drive again after safely ejecting. This is very inefficient if I need to do several file transfers intermittently. Is there a fix?

Thanks

Jeff

 

ejecting a usb drive in 10

Hi Walden,



I realize the inconvenience you are experiencing with accessing Safely Remove and Eject Media USB icon on the taskbar.



To assist you better, please provide us the below information:

• When you say that "not I can not get it to show up in bottom right lower", are you referring that you are not able to see the Eject USB icon under the show hidden icons?
  

I suggest you to follow the steps below to understand the system

1. Click on Search bar.

2. Then type "Select which icons appear on the taskbar" without the quotes in the search bar and click on it.

3. Turn on Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media icon.

Reply to us with the information, so that we can assist you better.



Please get back to us with an update on issue, we will be happy to help.



Thank you.