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Automatically open File Locksmith when ejecting USB drive fails #30050

Open zack4200 opened 8 months ago

zack4200 commented 8 months ago

Description of the new feature / enhancement

So basically as the title states, it would be nice if File Locksmith could automatically run if the user attempts to eject/safely remove a USB storage device and fails due to the device being in use.

Scenario when this would be used?

This could be used any time that drives are attempted to be ejected/safely removed. I regularly work with removable drives and they seem to fail to remove about 50% of the time, this could save a few clicks every time if I didn't have to open explorer and find the drive in question first.

Supporting information

regarding an API for events when failed ejects occur - I am not familiar with how the eject messages work or what the process could be for implementing this feature

TheJoeFin commented 8 months ago

Is there an API in Windows which raises an event when failed eject occurs? /needinfo

zack4200 commented 8 months ago

Is there an API in Windows which raises and event when failed eject occurs? /needinfo

I don't know, I'm not familiar with how the eject messages work

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microsoft-github-policy-service[bot] commented 8 months ago

This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has been marked as requiring author feedback but has not had any activity for 5 days. It will be closed if no further activity occurs within 5 days of this comment.