Solved How to enable notification for external, removable drives?

On three of my PCs there is a notification (sound and icon appears in the notification area of the taskbar) when I plug in an external USB drive.

However on one, it doesn't show the "Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media" icon, but still makes the sound.

When I check "Settings > System > Notifications" on the working PCs, it seems that it is "Windows Explorer" that is the apps that generates the notifications for the external drives.

However, on the 'non-working' machine, there is no notification setting for "Windows Explorer" and I can't see any way to add it.

How to I enable this?

Cheers,

Mike.

Hi, Mike.

I can’t help you with this particular issue but I wanted to let you know:

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The taskbar based "safely remove.." option is deprecated and no longer being maintained so don't expect much there...

Open the Settings page for Personalization > Taskbar

Scroll down until you see Other system tray icons, and expand the tab.