Windows 10: Safely Remove Hardware option is slowly degrading

Discus and support Safely Remove Hardware option is slowly degrading in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; A couple weeks ago I noticed the internally connected SATA Hot-Swap bays were no longer listing in the "Safely Remove Hardware" tree, external USB... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by smurofnet09, Dec 9, 2020.

  1. SMUROFNET09
    smurofnet09 Win User

    Safely Remove Hardware option is slowly degrading


    A couple weeks ago I noticed the internally connected SATA Hot-Swap bays were no longer listing in the "Safely Remove Hardware" tree, external USB connected drives remained listed when connected. Two days ago thumb drives began not to be listed and, now today, powered USB disk drives are not listed. Oddly enough, the one USB drive playing by the rules is a Seagate Backup Plus.

    The ASUS BIOS is set to AHCI and Hot-Swap is enabled per SATA ports. I actually had inadvertently enabled Hot-Swap for all drives when I initially built this comp a couple years ago. Since then all internal SATA drives had populated the "Safely Remove Hardware" tree but since it wasn't a bother I never took the minute required to disable them in bios. Earlier today I updated BIOS and Chipset drivers. In addition I toggled enable/disable of Hot-Swap-ability in BIOS along with uninstalling device drivers for the associated SATA bus then restarted the comp. Unfortunately none of this has proven effective.

    Would really appreciate if someone could help me retrieve the ability to Hot-Swap.

    :)
     
    smurofnet09, Dec 9, 2020
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  2. SMUROFNET09
    smurofnet09 Win User

    Safely Remove Hardware option is slowly degrading

    A couple weeks ago I noticed the internally connected SATA Hot-Swap bays were no longer listing in the "Safely Remove Hardware" tree, external USB connected drives remained listed when connected. Two days ago thumb drives began not to be listed and, now today, powered USB disk drives are not listed. Oddly enough, the one USB drive playing by the rules is a Seagate Backup Plus.

    The ASUS BIOS is set to AHCI and Hot-Swap is enabled per SATA ports. I actually had inadvertently enabled Hot-Swap for all drives when I initially built this comp a couple years ago. Since then all internal SATA drives had populated the "Safely Remove Hardware" tree but since it wasn't a bother I never took the minute required to disable them in bios. Earlier today I updated BIOS and Chipset drivers. In addition I toggled enable/disable of Hot-Swap-ability in BIOS along with uninstalling device drivers for the associated SATA bus then restarted the comp. Unfortunately none of this has proven effective.

    Would really appreciate if someone could help me retrieve the ability to Hot-Swap.
     
    smurofnet09, Dec 9, 2020
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  3. AILEEN ALF
    Aileen Alf Win User
    Safely Remove Hardware tool

    Thank you for the update, Murray. Since you mentioned that you've already tried running the rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll command to no avail, we suggest that you create a shortcut or even a batch file using the same command. Just run
    the shortcut or batch file and see if the Safely Remove Hardware dialog window will appear. To create a shortcut, follow these steps:

    • Right-click on the desktop and click on New > Shortcut.
    • In the Type the location of the item box, type in, or copy and paste the following command:
      • rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll
    • Click Next and then give it a name like Safely Remove Hardware, and then click on
      Finish.

    Keep us in the loop.
     
    Aileen Alf, Dec 9, 2020
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  4. FRANKS
    FrankS Win User

    Safely Remove Hardware option is slowly degrading

    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, Dec 9, 2020
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