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    RetiredGeek
    AskWoody_MVP
    November 28, 2019 at 9:35 pm #2012604

    Hey Y’all,

    I was doing some work with USB thumb drives today and I noticed that the short-cut menu (Right-Click) in Windows File Explorer no longer has the Eject option:
    Win1909-No-Eject-on-USB
    you now need to use the safely remove media option on the Task bar notifications area.
    Win1909-No-Eject-on-USB-2
    Most likely you’ll have to click on the Show Hidden Icons up arrow first.

    HTH 😎

     

    May the Forces of good computing be with you!

    RG

    PowerShell & VBA Rule!
    Computer Specs

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    • joep517
      AskWoody MVP
      November 28, 2019 at 10:06 pm #2012611

      Is quick removal set in the drive properties?

      --Joe

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    • SkipH
      AskWoody Plus
      November 28, 2019 at 11:23 pm #2012625

      How big is that thumb drive? And what type: USB 2 or USB 3.x?

      I have Win10 Pro, 1909, a fresh install today (to a new SSD) on a customer’s system. It has never been online yet, so no updates of any kind.

      I just tried a couple of my USB “thumb drives” on it, a 32GB 2.0 and it has the Eject option on the right-click menu.

      I tired a 64GB USB 3.x drive, and it has the Eject option.

      Quick Removal was the default setting on those two drive’s Policy screens in Device Manager.

      And it did not matter if it was plugged into a 2.0 socket, or a 3.x socket.

      I also tried a 300GB SATA hard disk in a USB 3.x adapter (the drive slips in to a socket), and it does NOT have the Eject option on the right-click menu. It didn’t matter what speed socket it was plugged into either.

      However, Quick Removal was also the auto-set Policy in Device Manager for the device & the 300GB drive combination.

      Oh, and I have a remote server at a clients’ office that has a 128GB USB 3.0 thumb drive plugged into a 3.x port, and it has the Eject option on the right-click menu. I just logged into that system to check for that.

      So, the Eject option is there for small, “normal’ USB thumb drives, but seems to go away depending on how Windows interprets the attached drive: It seems to know that the thumb drives are ‘small’ (portable?), and a bigger SATA type drive that should not be “Ejected” from the File Manager menu.

      So, back to my opening question: How big is your “Macrium Images” device, and how is it attached? Is it a real “thumb drive”, and how big is it? What’s a “NS1066” device?

      PS: I, of course have no logical explanation for what Windows is doing, hopefully somebody will chime in with WHY Windows is doing its thing.

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    • SkipH
      AskWoody Plus
      November 28, 2019 at 11:56 pm #2012632

      At RetiredGeek:

      I just went to “Eject” my USB 3.x adapter with the 300GB SATA drive in it, and…it says it’s a “NS1066” device. This is the device that has NO “Eject” option on the File Manager right-click menu.

      So, it seems we both have some device that Windows is seeing as an NS1066 device. Mine came in an “Orico” branded box, is stamped Orico 3.5” SATA HDD docking station on the bottom.

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    • Kirsty
      Manager
      November 29, 2019 at 12:20 am #2012637

      I have noticed, from at least Windows 7, that only certain USB drives have a right-click option to Eject. Others need to be ejected in the Safely Remove Hardware systray, even with Quick Remove set as the default drive option.

      In my situation, only small USB drives have the option. Larger external hard drives do not.

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      • SkipH
        AskWoody Plus
        November 29, 2019 at 9:50 am #2012732

        @ Kirsty

        Thanks for verifying my testing.

        I wonder what the break-over size is, as that 128GB thumb drive I checked still has the “Eject” option on the File Manager menu.

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        • Anonymous
          Inactive
          November 30, 2019 at 4:52 pm #2013127

          I wonder if it has to do with the controller and/or how the drive is mounted.  You have a 128GB usb drive that has the eject option.  My 120gb ssd with a sata to usb adapter does not.

          However, if I plug the adapter in without the ssd, it still gets mounted and recognized as a usb device, and has the option to eject in the right click menu.

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    • RetiredGeek
      AskWoody_MVP
      November 29, 2019 at 10:13 am #2012735

      Hey Y’all,

      I did some more testing with interesting results. Yes, the NS1066 device I was using was an Orico device. I also have an iDsonix 3.5/2.5 drive dock that shows up as NS1066.

      Further testing on several SanDisk cruiser blade devices revealed that most will have the eject option, however one with a Windows Install image loaded on it will NOT!

      Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 10.0.18362.1

Details for image : e:\sources\Install.esd

Index : 1
Name : Windows 10 Home
Description : Windows 10 Home
Size : 14,485,296,436 bytes

Index : 2
Name : Windows 10 Home N
Description : Windows 10 Home N
Size : 13,663,653,960 bytes

Index : 3
Name : Windows 10 Home Single Language
Description : Windows 10 Home Single Language
Size : 14,467,570,131 bytes

Index : 4
Name : Windows 10 Education
Description : Windows 10 Education
Size : 14,750,094,452 bytes

Index : 5
Name : Windows 10 Education N
Description : Windows 10 Education N
Size : 13,947,250,797 bytes

Index : 6
Name : Windows 10 Pro
Description : Windows 10 Pro
Size : 14,751,226,321 bytes

Index : 7
Name : Windows 10 Pro N
Description : Windows 10 Pro N
Size : 13,948,099,713 bytes

The operation completed successfully.

      Very Interesting Indeed! 😎

      May the Forces of good computing be with you!

      RG

      PowerShell & VBA Rule!
      Computer Specs

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    • anonymous
      Guest
      February 2, 2020 at 8:42 am #2124569

      windows explorer contex menu no eject option for usb stick in win10 enerprise v1909 build 18363.628

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    • Alex5723
      AskWoody Plus
      February 2, 2020 at 12:52 pm #2124664
      anonymous wrote:

      windows explorer contex menu no eject option for usb stick in win10 enerprise v1909 build 18363.628

      There is still ‘Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media’ icon (Windows 10 1903 Pro).

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