This method will take you to the Safely Remove Hardware dialog, from which you can select the USB device you want to remove. If you need to remove a specific USB drive, skip to the next section.
Press Win + R to bring up the Run dialog, type regedit and press Enter.
After entering the registry, go to the section:
Right click on Shell and create a new partition called Safely Remove Hardware.
Once you've created the section, create a new string parameter and name it Icon.
Then double-click on the Icon string parameter and in the Value field enter:
Now right-click on the Safely Remove Hardware section you just created, and create another section called command.
Once you've created a new section, select it to view its keys.
The key will be named “default”. Double click on it, and in the value field enter:
C: \\ Windows \\ System32 \\ control.exe hotplug.dll
That's all! Now in the context menu of the desktop you will see a new item Safely Remove Hardware.
Removing a specific USB drive
If you need to remove a drive with a specific name or drive letter, then this method is more suitable for you. Download a copy of the latest USB Disk Ejector utility.
Unpack the file somewhere (for example, we used the root of the C: \ drive), then right-click on the file, select Properties, then in the lower right corner of the dialog, click on the Unblock button.
Further actions are practically the same as those already described above.
Press Win + R to bring up the Run dialog, type regedit in it and press Enter.
In the registry, go to the next section:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ DesktopBackground \ Shell \
Right click on the Shell section and create a new section called Safely Remove USB.
Once you've created a new section, create a new string parameter named Icon in it. Then double-click on the created parameter and in the Value field enter:
Now right click on the Safely Remove USB section and create another section called command.
Once you've created a new section, select it to view its keys. The key will be named “Default”. Double click on it to edit it.
But here there may already be options. Choose the one that suits you best.
Note: In the example below, be sure to replace the name or letter of the drive with the name or letter of YOUR USB DEVICE.
You can remove the USB device by name by typing the following command in the Value field:
C: \ usb_disk_eject / removename “Memorex USB”
You can also remove a USB device with a specific drive letter. In my case, it is G.
C: \ usb_disk_eject / removeletter G
It's all! A new item should now appear in the context menu of your desktop.
You can use it! Good luck to you!
The ability to safely remove a device has been familiar to users since previous versions of the Windows operating system. Since the current feature has helped users to keep external devices and disks healthy many times, it was immediately clear that the new Windows 10 operating system would continue to do so.
This article will tell you how to properly use Safely Remove a Device in Windows 10, and how to safely remove a USB flash drive from a Windows 10 computer. We recommend that beginners pay attention to the item removing a USB flash drive without safely removing it. We will also consider what to do when the Safely Remove Windows 10 icon disappears.
Safely Remove Hardware in Windows 10 is a must-have when connecting external devices and drives. It is also recommended to use it when connecting a regular flash drive.
To safely remove a USB flash drive from a computer running the Windows 10 operating system, right-click on the icon on the taskbar Safely remove devices and disks, and in the context menu select the item Remove "USB Mass Storage Device".
An alternative option for removing connected devices is to use the Safely Remove Hardware window:
Another simple option for safely removing the device is the ability to select the item Extract in the context menu, which can be opened by right-clicking on the flash drive in the explorer. 
To avoid situations when the user has to look for a solution to the problem: pulled out the USB flash drive without safe removal, you can change the deletion policy in the flash drive properties.
- Quick removal- this option disables caching of records on the device and in Windows. In the current situation, it is not necessary to use the Safely Remove Hardware icon in the notification area when disconnecting the device.
- Optimal performance- this parameter enables caching of records in Windows. When disconnecting your device, we strongly recommend that you use the Safely Remove Hardware icon in the notification area.
By default, in the Windows 10 operating system, on most devices, the option is quick to uninstall. Thanks to the current deletion policy, users can easily remove flash drives from a computer that are not used by the system.
Everything would be fine, but there are situations when the Windows 10 Safely Remove Device icon is simply not displayed. The simplest solution to the problem is to use the second option for correct removal of devices. You can execute the current command even when there is no Safely Remove Hardware icon.
The Windows USB Troubleshooter will then make changes to the system after completing the diagnostics. Then you can try and re-try to perform the previous operation.
conclusions
Safely Remove Hardware in Windows 10 is a must-have feature for any user. How to safely remove a USB flash drive from a computer running Windows 10 is up to the user, since there are several ways to remove it. It is even possible to eject a USB flash drive without safely removing the device.
And also users have the opportunity to download third-party utilities that have a simple interface and similarly allow safe removal of devices.
Safely Remove Hardware is usually used to remove a USB flash drive or external hard drive in Windows 7, Windows XP and Windows 8. It may happen that the Safely Remove icon has disappeared from the Windows taskbar - this can cause confusion and confusion, but there is nothing wrong with that. Now we will put this icon back in place.
Note: In Windows 8, for devices that are identified as a Media device, the Safely Remove icon is not shown (players, Android tablets, some phones).
Usually, in order to safely remove the device in Windows, you click on the corresponding icon near the clock with the right mouse button and do it. The purpose of Safely Removing is that when you use it, you inform the operating system that you intend to remove this device (for example, a USB flash drive). In response, Windows completes all operations that could lead to data corruption. In some cases, it also stops supplying power to the device.
Failure to safely remove hardware can result in loss of data or damage to the drive. In practice, this does not happen often and there are certain things that you need to know and take into account so that this does not happen, but I will write about this sometime.
How to get the Safely Remove Hardware icon back
Sometimes, for unknown reasons, the Safely Remove icon may disappear. Even if you connect and disconnect the USB flash drive over and over again, the icon for some reason does not appear. If this happened with you (and this is most likely the case, otherwise you would not have come here), press the Win + R buttons on the keyboard and enter the following command in the Run window:
RunDll32.exe shell32.dll, Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll
This command works on Windows 7, 8 and XP. The absence of a space after the comma is not an error, it should be. After running this command, the Safely Remove Hardware dialog box that you were looking for will open.
In this window, as usual, you can select the device that you want to turn off and click the "Stop" button. A "side" effect of this command is that the Safely Remove icon reappears where it should be.
If it continues to disappear and each time you need to re-execute the specified command to remove the device, then you can create a shortcut for this action: right-click on an empty space on the desktop, select "New" - "Shortcut" and in the "Object location »Enter the command to invoke the safe removal of the device dialog. In the second step of creating a shortcut, you can give it any name you want.
Another way to safely remove a device in Windows
There is another simple method that allows you to safely remove the device when the icon is not on the Windows taskbar:
I hope that the methods listed here to safely remove a portable hard drive or USB flash drive will be enough for you.
Have you ever wondered after using a USB flash drive, disk, floppy drive, etc. devices over the question "Is it safe to remove it?" Or do you not hesitate to extract it, or vice versa - just pull it out?
And what if this same tray icon disappeared?
Now controversy still erupts both between experienced users and beginners about this.
Let's figure it out now!
I will also show you how you can get back this most Safely Remove Hardware.
And for sweetness - small shenanigans, allowing you to remove the device in almost one click.
First of all, you need to find out, why is this necessary at all? What is the reason?
And the reason lies in caching.
Caching is the accumulation of data in some storage for the purpose of quick subsequent access to them as needed. The caching process speeds up many data processing processes.
In other words, before writing data to a USB flash drive, the OS places it in the cache (a block of random access memory), and then writes it after a while (this is also called delayed write). This is done for speed - after all, RAM is not called that for nothing.
So What are the consequences of pulling out the device without safely removing it?
Nothing like that, just the data will not be written correctly.
It happens that the copying process has already been completed, and you need to run, and windows gives the message "The device cannot be stopped because it is busy with something" (sorry, I literally do not remember what the message is). And you still pull out the flash drive and run on business.
So here it turns out that the data was written to the cache, but it has not been written to the USB flash drive yet. Although sometimes there may already be a file with the same properties and size as the original.
But when you open, for example, a picture, it turns out that it will either open halfway or even be denied access. Also, if it is an archive, there may be a message about an unexpected end of a damaged archive or an SRC error. Also due to incorrect completion of copying.
When you select "Safely Remove Hardware", the system "understands" you and prepares the USB flash drive - it completes the delayed write.
But here's the most important thing - fetching only makes sense when file caching is enabled!
If you forget or neglect Safe Removal and do not want to lose your data, you can simply Disable caching... As a result, copying will be slower, but you will not lose data (unless you pull it out during copying).
So, stick in the flash drive and follow the path
Start - Control Panel - Device Manager
Find the section Disk devices, open it and click 2 times on your flash drive and go to the tab Politics... Here we put Quick removal and click OK.
but in fact (despite what is written there), when the "Quick Delete" mode is enabled, caching is not disabled at all - Windows uses the so-called "pass-through caching" - it allows the device to work with write commands as if there was no cache.
What to do if the arrow icon disappeared - safely remove the device in the tray?
Right-click on the Taskbar - Properties - Notification Area - Configure
Look for "Safely Remove Hardware" in the list and configure it as you need.
Another option:
The shortcut keys win + r -> paste there
rundll32 shell32.dll, Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll
this will bring up the window for safely disconnecting USB devices.
For Windows XP, the following registry tweak will help. Download, run. Do not be afraid, I don’t give bad
And finally - an interesting solution to the icon - it will appear in the context menu by pressing RMB.
go to the Registry Editor (win + r - Enter regedit) and go to the branch HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ DesktopBackground \ Shell \
RMB on Shell and create a new section with the name Safely Remove Hardware(safe removal of equipment).
Create a new string parameter in it with the name Icon
double click on the newly created parameter and in the field Meaning enter hotplug.dll, -100
