"Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" <Torgeir.Bakken-spam@hydro.com> wrote in message
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> R. Seiler wrote:
>
>> I am setting up a script to use xcopy to backup files nightly to an
>> external USB drive.
>> Is there a way to disconnect USB Devices from within a script so that
>> there is no need for user intervention?
>> or - can it be dune with someting that I can compile in C?
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any advice.
> Hi,
>
> To automate this, you can use deveject.exe available here (includes
> C++ source code as well):
>
> ftp://ftp.heise.de/pub/ct/listings/0316-208.zip
>
> For help, run deveject.exe /? in a command prompt.
>
> Works for Windows 2000/XP/2003.
>
>
> An example using the EjectName command line switch:
> deveject.exe -EjectName:"USB Mass Storage Device"
>
>
>
> --
> torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
> Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
> the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx