Question USB item removal (iPhone specifically)

[yoji]

Has something changed? or is it just me?
In the past, when I connected my iPhone to my PC with a USB cable, I am pretty sure I got the "USB item connected" icon in the systray, so when I was finish, I could right click on the icon.. tell it to Eject.. and all would be well.
These days, that does not seem to happen any more.. I dont get the USB icon in the systray, so when I finish and just rip out the USB or iPhone I get an error alert to say a device is no longer responding or has been disconnected.
That just seems messy/bad... I assumed it a bug and would be fixed, but its been going on for many months now.
So why dont I get the USB Icon any more? I still seem to get it when I connect a USB memory stick... or USB hard drive, just not my iPhone.
May be I should go into setting and devices and... and eject it there... but it seems like a PITA considering how easy it was before.. and as I say.. other devices still seem to work in the way expected.
Do I need to change/config something?

Thanks in advance for any insight/sage advice.
Cheers

 

[gardenman]

Quote:

"If you can't find the Safely Remove Hardware icon, press and hold (or right-click) the taskbar and select Taskbar settings . Under Notification Area, choose Select which icons appear on the taskbar. Scroll to Windows Explorer: Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media and turn it on."

Source: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...-windows-1ee6677d-4e6c-4359-efca-fd44b9cec369

I didn't see "Safely Remove...", but what I do see is:
Windows host process (Rundll32)
and the icon for it matches what I see on the task bar to eject media.

See if you can find that setting and see if turning it on helps.

 

[yoji]

Quote:

Source: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...-windows-1ee6677d-4e6c-4359-efca-fd44b9cec369

I didn't see "Safely Remove...", but what I do see is:
Windows host process (Rundll32)
and the icon for it matches what I see on the task bar to eject media.

See if you can find that setting and see if turning it on helps.

Thanks... I did not see as you describe... but did see a blank icon (just a solid blue), labeled as "Windows Explorer" and a sub description of "Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media"..
Which seems to fit my needs... so turned that on (though does not explain why I am seeing the eject icon for USB drives and USB hard drives)..
I will do a few tests and see if it fully resolves my query.
Thanks for your help... fingers crossed.