Windows 10: Windows 10 USB ports gone after I eject any USB device, forcing a reboot to get them back.

Windows 10 HomeV10.0.19044 Build 19044So this behaviour has only just started to happen a couple of days ago to any USB device, External HD or USB stick.I have tested them all on two other windows 10 machines and they work perfectly.From 1st boot, insert any USB device, using a USB stick as an example, and windows sees it and I can access it in file manager.If I then eject it using the icon in the system tray, it seems to eject without any error.If I then reisert it or another USB device, windows gives the "ping pong" sound effect that it normally gives when I plug a USB device in but what eve

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removing devices from USB ports

Hello Jessen P,

Thank you for your response. My problem is that there is no icon on the taskbar for me to click on to eject rany device from this laptop. I did run the command that someone had suggested and I did get the remove device icon on the taskbar and I did click
on it and I ejected the hard drive which was plugged into the USB port. Now however, since doing this, that icon is gone now. What happened to the icon that was always there on Windows XP and Windows 8.1 in order to eject devices? Where did it go? I want to
ask you something. In Settings, under Connected Devices, I did see the hard drive listed there and if I clicked on it, it said remove device. Does this mean that I can use this to eject anything that is in a USB port? Or does it mean that if I click on remove
device, that the USB port will be permanently deleted? I see in the forum that so many people are having the exact same problem and am wondering why Microsoft isn't addressing it for everyone. I am afraid that I will ruin the USB port on this laptop if I just
keep pulling out the plug without ejecting it. Please let me know your answer and thanks again.

Loretta

 

USB Port Oddities


Ok, let's see it with pictures step-by-step. First right-click on the USB device and select Update driver software:





Then select Browse my computer for driver software (LAST option) :





The select Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer (LAST option) :





Then select the standard driver from the list and click next:





Click next/OK as required to complete installation. Repeat the steps for all Intel USB devices. Finally click on each USB root device and press DEL to delete it, reply YES when asked. After deleting all USB root devices restart the computer.

I hope this is detailed enough...