Eject a Removable USB drive

[Mark Hammond]

On 11/03/2009 12:39 AM, Rickey, Kyle W wrote:
> def do_magic():
>      from staples import easy_button
>      result = easy_button.press()
>      return result
>
> :) In all seriousness that code did the trick but only after a short delay. I noticed when I first ran it, there was no effect. But when I ran it interactively, it succeeded.
>
> Is there any way to check that the drive is still showing up in explorer and then re-run the code? Something like:

It is possible to register for device removal notifications - it's 
possible you need to wait until Windows reports the ejection process is 
complete before sending the shell notification.

Cheers,

Mark

>
> while drive_exists:
> 	shell.SHChangeNotify(shellcon.SHCNE_DRIVEREMOVED, shellcon.SHCNF_PATH, "F:\\")
>
>
> Right now I've got:
>
> time.sleep(1)
> shell.SHChangeNotify(shellcon.SHCNE_DRIVEREMOVED, shellcon.SHCNF_PATH, "F:\\")
>
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
> -Kyle Rickey
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: python-list-bounces+kyle.rickey=bakerhughes.com at python.org [mailto:python-list-bounces+kyle.rickey=bakerhughes.com at python.org] On Behalf Of Aaron Brady
> Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 6:15 PM
> To: python-list at python.org
> Subject: Re: Eject a Removable USB drive
>
> On Mar 9, 6:08 pm, Mark Hammond<skippy.hamm... at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> On 10/03/2009 8:20 AM, Rickey, Kyle W wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for the link! That code has got me on the right track. I've
>>> almost got it working with one small kink.
>>> After the code runs my drive still shows up on Windows Explorer but as a
>>> removable drive. If I try to double click on it, it tells me to insert a
>>> disk (see screenshot).
>>> So it seems my code is unmounting my volume, but not the actual device.
>>> Any ideas? I've attached the code I've got so far.
>> Adding the following after your eject code runs:
>>
>> from win32com.shell import shell, shellcon
>> shell.SHChangeNotify(shellcon.SHCNE_DRIVEREMOVED, shellcon.SHCNF_PATH,
>> "F:\\")
>>
>> seems to work for me (well - I actually did the above interactively
>> after your code ran, and the disk magically vanished from explorer...)
>
> Yay, magically!  import crystalball?
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