Windows 10: safely remove device

Hi

I want to safely remove USB device. The icon is on the task bar but turned off in settings, how do I turn it on ?

Thanks John

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"Safely removing devices" not working in Windows 10

Hi,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

Are you referring to Safely remove device icon or notification?

If you are referring about icon. Follow the steps below and check if that helps.

• Right click on the empty space on the Taskbar and select Properties.
• Under Notification area click on Customize.
• Under Notifications and actions Click Select which icons to appear on taskbar.
• Turn on Windows Explorer option. By turning this on you will get an icon on the taskbar.

You may also refer the link below suggested by Ruth Buruga on October 10, 2015
and follow the steps.

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...ce-win10/fcd832fa-d8c6-409d-9f29-ec0845e09ceb

Hope this information is helpful. Please do let us know if you need further assistance, we’ll be glad to assist you.

 

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.

 

Device is not recognized by WMDC 6.1 after return to cradle after safe removal.

Maybe I'm just missing a step but when I remove my device (Sprint Mogul/HTC PPC-6800) from the cradle *after* having done the procedure for the safe removal ("Safely Remove Hardware") it will re-recognize the device when reattached, but WMDC does not.

I have to power down the device, and start it back up in order for this device to be recognized by WMDC, which seems unnecesary to me.

Many thanks for any suggestions and advice.

Daniel