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A unique tool to improve safe removal for USB and SATA gadgets
$ winget install --id CrystalRich.USBSafelyRemove --exact --version 7.4.1.1336Run in Command Prompt, PowerShell, or Windows Terminal. Prompts for any agreements.
USB Safely Remove uses EXE (Inno Setup). The silent install switches are /VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART.
usbsafelyremovesetup_7-4-1.exe /VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART
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Have you ever lost important data due to inappropriate removal of external drive? Windows doesn't allow you to stop a device? Accidentally stopped a drive you don’t aim to remove? USB Safely Remove solves these and other inconveniences of safe removal in Windows and offers much more features for convenient and secure work with external devices.
Key Features:
Much more convenience: Safely remove a device via the convenient menu or a hotkey, remove unneeded devices from the menu, setup icons or names for the devices. Besides even if you stop a device accidentally you can return it in a click.
Save data and devices: Even if the device cannot be safely removed the program will show you locking processes and allow you to forcibly stop it so that you avoid incorrect removal of the device. Besides the program can power off the devices on their stopping.
Automate and speed up work: Use command line tool in your scripts or a powerful autorun manager to automate backup to external drives, check for viruses and many more daily tasks.
Organize drive letters: Clean up your drive letter list by automatic hiding letters of unused card reader slots, fix drive letters to a specific device or even forbid some letters from assigning to external drives for backup purposes or thirdparty software.
| Architecture | Type | Scope | Install | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| x86 | EXE Inno Setup | machine | Direct |
Copy a command tailored to that specific architecture, type, and scope - useful when winget would otherwise pick a different default.
No known CVEs for USB Safely Remove.
Coverage is best-effort and depends on a winget package mapping to an NVD CPE entry. Absence here is not a guarantee of safety.
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