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USB Drive Ejection using MS Visual Studio Pro

I'm creating application using Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2022 (Visual Basic). And my OS is Microsoft Windows 11 Pro for Workstations

Within the app I want to be able to eject a USB drive.

Is there a simple way to accomplish USB drive ejection?

Éric Moreau

if you are using default settings, it is not required anymore: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/client-management/change-default-removal-policy-external-storage-media

Bill Prew

I've never had to do this, so was curious. In some quick looking it doesn't seem to be easy, it's more complex than I might have guessed. Including a few of the more popular links I peeked at in case you are interested.

Would you want to eject the same drive letter all the time, or "locate" the desired USB by volume name, etc?

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RayT

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In my application i want to be able to pass the drive letter and the function will do the rest.

RayT

ASKER

The ones Bill shows are the ones i've seen. The amount of code to perform a seemingly simple task is crazy! I was hoping to find one that's much shorter.

Bill Prew

Agreed, I was a bit surprised at the amount of code...

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RayT

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Thanks! Have a Happy Thanksgiving!