Hello Chuck, and welcome to Ten Forums.
If you like, you can use the tutorial below to create a "Safely Remove Hardware" shortcut that can be pinned to the taskbar or where you like.
Create Safely Remove Hardware shortcut in Windows 10
So I've learned about ImDisk but in fact it doesn't show in the tray icon's list that there is a fake external usb device
Also, i'm thankful for all of this, but I don't want to use any other software, I want the windows one to be there ^^'
Perhaps you could have a word with Satya Nadella? Feel free to express your need for an option for it to be there via the Feedback Hub app.
Thanks Brink too, but I didn't want a shortcut but the tray icon to stay in the stray notification area, no matter what
I'll just try to get a fake usb device
thanks for the help anyway ^^
It doesn't have to be a fake device, I'd just use my smallest USB Thumb drive, keep it plugged into a rear USB port, out of sight out of mind. Anything less than 1GB is pretty much not used nowadays but for the desired purpose would be fine. Notebooks are a different issue as they are more limited in the number of ports on them.
Chuck,
If you have an SD card slot then you could keep a card in it to force the icon to appear all the time. It would be out of your way so wouldn't be awkward.
I do this with my laptops, tablet & desktop and I make use of the SD card as an 'interim' backup location.
Denis
If you leave something plugged in to "fake it out", careful what you click when you have something real to eject.
Thanks guys, every suggestion of yours is pure gold and still good, i'm sorry to say I'm not satisfied with an intermediate solution...
But I'll just close that post if I'm annoying you, as it is not my goal and I still feel unsatisfied after all these solutions
In fact, after some deeper searches, I've found that it is not possible for now, maybe except using a Visual Studio tool.
Letting the icon in the system tray doesn't seem possible either, which totally disappoints me
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Thanks everybody for your help and concern, I really appreciate it and I am grateful !
Have a blessed day and thanks again, what I asked for is not possible (yet), but you offered some really nice alternatives !
FYI, I used option 1 of Brink's tutorial above. Opened the zip file, opened the file and pinned to my taskbar. I have yet to figure out how to slide it to the right and into the official notification area but this looks pretty close to me. YMMV
PS; I still prefer to use Windows Explorer to eject usb devices. On average, I find it just provides better success for ejecting than other methods.
I suppose you could create a new folder somewhere you want to keep it saved at, place the Safely Remove Hardware shortcut in it, then add this new folder as a toolbar with it on the right side next to the notification area. You can have the toolbar show only the icon of the shortcut.
Add Toolbars to Taskbar in Windows 10
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