USB Device does not autoplay

[Faizy450]

Hey.

I've just come across an error which is quite frustrating. I use a Sandisk Cruzer Extreme USB 3.0 32gb flash drive. When I plug the flash drive in, autoplay does not come up however the flash drive shows up on My Computer, but not Device Manager. It does not show up on the tray (the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon), but other USB flash drives do. The drive is fully working and I can transfer files to and from the drive, I just cannot autoplay nor eject the drive safely.

I've done the obvious such as ensuring autoplay is enabled, formatting the drive, trying different ports, and now I'm not sure what the problem can be.

I've observed that it's only the first USB port on the front panel that has this problem, but all other USB drives autoplay fine on this port. (I think only usb 2.0 - 3.0 devices do not autplay)



Any help would be good, cheers.

 

[topgundcp]

Newer Sandisk flash drives, to be compatible with Microsoft's Windows to Go feature of Windows 8, have to be set as Fixed drives rather than Removable.
Here's a screen shot, I have 2 sandisks 16GB each and disk management show 1 to be removable and the other is a Basic Disk.

As for showing in system tray. Perhaps you might want to set your BIOS to enable hot swap for Basic Disk.
Autoplay is a nice & convenient feature. However, it is a way for Malwares and Virus to sneak in your PC. I always disable this feature.

 

[Faizy450]

Newer Sandisk flash drives, to be compatible with Microsoft's Windows to Go feature of Windows 8, have to be set as Fixed drives rather than Removable.
Here's a screen shot, I have 2 sandisks 16GB each and disk management show 1 to be removable and the other is a Basic Disk.
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As for showing in system tray. Perhaps you might want to set your BIOS to enable hot swap for Basic Disk.
Autoplay is a nice & convenient feature. However, it is a way for Malwares and Virus to sneak in your PC. I always disable this feature.

It doesn't even make the sound when being plugged in or out but it does for other usb 3.0 ports, even though they're set to removable with the same usb drive. It's something wrong with the port configuration or something along those lines.