Pop "Safely Remove Hardware" menu from Win10 tray

[mrdev]

Hello,

I "lifted" the following piece of code from the archived board:
https://autohotkey.com/board/topic/3773 ... /?p=237440
Thanks to pajenn and SKAN for it (hope I got this right).

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SafelyRemoveHardware() {
  if WinExist("Battery Meter") and WinExist("ahk_class SystemTray_Main") {
    hWnd := WinExist( "Battery Meter ahk_class SystemTray_Main" )
    PostMessage, 1226, 1226, 0x201,, ahk_id %hWnd% ; Left Click Down
    PostMessage, 1226, 1226, 0x202,, ahk_id %hWnd% ; Left Click Up
    WinWaitActive, ahk_id %hWnd%,,1                ; Wait for SRH Tray left-click-Menu
    ControlSend,,{Down}{Down},ahk_id %hWnd%        ; Select the first menu Item
  }
}

The original code had "Power Meter" instead of "Battery Meter" - perhaps I did some research back then and changed that on my own (I'm using a laptop)

For a couple of years it worked perfectly fine on Windows 10 x64 - I hit my key combo and it opens the context menu where I can choose a USB device to eject.
It usually worked way faster than doing so the regular way - opening "hidden icons" tray and clicking the right icon.

Unfortunately after the latest Win10 update (version 1709 build 16299.192) this function isn't working anymore. The hWnd is being returned by WinExist but nothing else happens.
Does anybody know how to make it pop the context menu again?

Thanks

[jeeswg]

- You could try this, just in case in works.

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q:: ;Explorer - open Safely Remove Hardware
Run, control hotplug.dll
return

- From:
jeeswg's Explorer tutorial - AutoHotkey Community
https://autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=31755

[mrdev]

Run, control hotplug.dll

While this works, it's not as convenient as clicking an item from the context menu. Thank you for you contribution nevertheless!

[mrdev]

Sorry for bumping, but I'm still hoping to get some help on this issue.

[jeeswg]

This works for me on Windows 7, it's basically the same method. One key thing is to make sure that DetectHiddenWindows is on. You could also try running the script in admin mode.

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;tested on Windows 7
q:: ;show Safely Remove Hardware menu and focus first drive
vDHW := A_DetectHiddenWindows
DetectHiddenWindows, On
if hWnd := WinExist("Battery Meter ahk_class SystemTray_Main")
{
	PostMessage, 1226,, 0x201,, % "ahk_id " hWnd ;WM_LBUTTONDOWN := 0x201
	PostMessage, 1226,, 0x202,, % "ahk_id " hWnd ;WM_LBUTTONUP := 0x202
	vIndex := 4
	DetectHiddenWindows, Off
	WinWait, ahk_class #32768
	PostMessage, 0x1E5, % vIndex-1, 0,, ahk_class #32768 ;MN_SELECTITEM := 0x1E5 ;focus item
}
DetectHiddenWindows, % vDHW
return

[mrdev]

Thanks. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to work on win10

[mrdev]

A couple of years later I'm still bummed it doesn't work. Can anyone more knowledgeable look into this please?