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Bob723
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‎02-14-2022 10:00 AM

Player 16.2.2 Is there a way to suppress the Windows 11 USB prompts when shutting down the Guest OS?

We've manually edited the .vmx file with usb.autoconnect.device entries for our Guest OS usb sticks.  They attach to the guest automatically and works perfectly.  When the guest os is shutdown, Windows pops up a message for all the usb sticks prompting for format them.  Is there a way to suppress this action?   Operators have accidentally re-formatted Guest USB drives.  Probably a pure Windows question.

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Bob723
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‎02-14-2022 10:56 AM

Answer:   when Windows 11 pops up the notification, select the three-dot menu, and choose the option that turns off notifications for this USB device.  Do this for all usb removeables that are freed up to Windows when the VM is shutdown.  You can then shutdown the Guest OS without Windows nagging you to do something with Guest-connected devices.

Windows 10 you have to go to settings/bluetooth&devices/usb/notifications - off.

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