USB Notify

Hi, I guess you're referring to this tutorial:
Turn On or Off Notification of USB Issues in Windows 10

successful communication with a USB flash drive like W-7 does

- for example?

I certainly get notification of inserting one (and removing one), and of course you could also configure Autoplay to provide one, should you so wish.

Hello @Leo625,

I do NOT know if this will help, but it will show you if it is connected / recognised and the Status etc.

Copy & Paste the following ALL at once into a CMD Prompt and press Enter.

Code:

@echo off

PowerShell ^
     Get-Volume ^| Sort-Object -Property {$_.DriveLetter} ^| Format-Table -Autosize ^
     @{L='Drive Letter'        ;E={;if($_.DriveLetter -eq $NULL)                            {'Hidden'} else {$_.DriveLetter}}}, ^
     @{L='Drive Letter Name'   ;E={;if($_.FileSystemLabel -eq '')                           {'NO LABEL'} else {$_.FileSystemLabel}}}, ^
     @{L='File System Type'    ;E={;if([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($_.FileSystemType))     {'-'} else {$_.FileSystemType}}}, ^
     @{L='Drive Type'          ;E={;if([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($_.DriveType))          {'-'} else {$_.DriveType}}}, ^
     @{L='Allocation Unit Size';E={;if([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($_.AllocationUnitSize)) {'-'} else {[Math]::Round($_.AllocationUnitSize, 0).ToString('#,##0 Bytes')}};A='Right'}, ^
     @{L='Operational Status'  ;E={;if([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($_.OperationalStatus))  {'-'} else {$_.OperationalStatus}};A='Right'}, ^
     @{L='Health Status'       ;E={;if([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($_.HealthStatus))       {'-'} else {$_.HealthStatus}};A='Right'}, ^
     @{L='Total Size'          ;E={;if($_.Size -lt 1073741824) {;[Math]::Round($_.Size / 1MB, 2, 00).ToString('#.00 MB')} else {;[Math]::Round($_.Size / 1GB, 2, 00).ToString('#.00 GB')}};A='Right'}, ^
     @{L='Used Size'           ;E={;if($_.Size - $_.SizeRemaining -lt 1073741824) {;[Math]::Round(($_.Size - $_.SizeRemaining) / 1MB, 2, 00).ToString('#.00 MB')} else {;[Math]::Round(($_.Size - $_.SizeRemaining) / 1GB, 2, 00).ToString('#.00 GB')}};A='Right'}, ^
     @{L='Free Size'           ;E={;if($_.SizeRemaining -lt 1073741824) {;[Math]::Round($_.SizeRemaining / 1MB, 2, 00).ToString('#.00 MB')} else {;[Math]::Round($_.SizeRemaining / 1GB, 2, 00).ToString('#.00 GB')}};A='Right'}, ^
     @{L='Free %'              ;E={;if($_.SizeRemaining -lt 1) {;[Math]::Round($_.FreeSpace / 1MB, 2, 00).ToString('#.00'' %%')} else {;[Math]::Round(($_.SizeRemaining / $_.Size) * 100, 2).ToString('#.00'' %')}};A='Right'} ^| ^
Out-String -Width 1000 >nul 2>&1 >> %Temp%\A.txt
PowerShell ^
     (Get-Content %Temp%\A.txt) -Replace('\x00+','') ^| Set-Content %Temp%\B.txt
     for /f "delims=" %i in (%Temp%\B.txt) do echo  %i
     del %Temp%\A.txt %Temp%\B.txt

echo. & echo ^>Press ANY key to EXIT . . . & pause >nul & Exit

The above is an extract from my PROJECT: Computer Report - Comprehensive in my signature.

I hope this helps.

That's the same as I have.

If I insert a USB flash drive, for example, I
- hear a sound

- see the notification I posted above.

Are you saying neither of those occurs in your case?

If so, when did this stop happening?

Thank you for your reply.


It is odd that you have never had such notifications.


You will need to post screenshots of relevant settings.

E.g. as per my first in post #5 and


See:
Turn On or Off Notifications from Apps and Senders in Windows 10

- from the huge searchable Tutorials section- do feel free to have a look.

What tweaks or changes do you know that you have applied that might be relevant?

Yes, you do need to be careful about unexpected consequences of changing things you don't think are needed.

Precautions: Routine and regular 3rd party disk imaging + scheduled System Restore points help a lot, but no backup will solve problems if more recent than when the problem started.

dalchina said:

but no backup will solve problems if more recent than when the problem started.

So true!