Windows 10: Unable to Identify the Correct Registry Entry for USB Safe to Remove Notification Fix

I remember that when I previously encountered the issue of the "USB Safe to Remove" notification missing, I went to this website:https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/usb-safe-to-remove-notification-missing/17b7c974-400f-4cf7-bfa0-72d3d7218640?page=1I followed the registry modification steps that many people said worked, and I successfully resolved the issue at that timeress "Win + R" on the keyboardType "regedit"Search for the value:"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Notification\Settings\Microsoft.Explorer.Notification.{...}"If REG_DWORD 0x00000001

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Safe To Remove USB Device Icon

Hi,

To help you with your concern about the Safe to Remove icon missing, kindly refer to the helpful post of Community member aan07 by clicking this link:

USB Safe to remove Notification missing. This link contains steps on how to edit the registry to bring up the Safe to Remove icon.

Note:

It is always safe to back up your registry before doing any changes. To begin backing up, please click this link:

How to back up and restore the registry in Windows. This contains guide on backing up the registry, creating a restore point and other helpful steps which focuses on editing the registry.

Let us know the outcome for us to assist you further.

Regards.

 

Windows 10 has stopped displaying the "Safe to remove" notification

Lee,

There really is no need to check anything. You described what you did and no damage will have been done.

There is no tool that can check the Registry anyway [Microsoft binned theirs in about 2011]. And don't be conned by some third-party tools that claim it is worthwhile & effective as long as you buy their tools to do it with - they are con-artists who should
be <100 lines of invective removed by forum moderator>.

Actually, I have only just seen your latest post. I have noticed that my list of current forum threads is being updated rather haphazardly but did not realise I was missing updates to threads I had been involved with.

The reason I looked for this thread again was because I wanted to check whether or not your [corrected] Registry edit solved your problem and that the notification appears. I now understand just what the problem was. You can check the details in my post

Restore the USB Safe to remove notification if you want but, in brief, you can set it by going to

Settings, System, Notifications & actions, Get notifications from apps and other senders

and setting this to On.

What you did with the Registry edit was to work this in reverse - you changed the Registry entry and it changed the corresponding entry in the user interface. No harm done at all, I just wanted to point out why it worked. [Not all Registry entries can work
in reverse but this one does]

All the best,

Denis

 

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?