how to "eject" the drive unit using a command prompt?

[marcorocchini]

Hi, sorry but I'm a cat (Yes a cat! )

please I use a xdcam disc external drive (is not a CDROM drive), assigned to the letter "F:"

by right clic on it using the mouse I can see the "eject" command. I wonder if is there a way to execute the eject operation via commandline. Thanks

[DB83]

FFS !!!!!!

Next you will want to close the drive with a command prompt.

Totally useless idea.

[marcorocchini]

naa via commandline is a great idea


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[Budman1]

Google Batch Command Line to Eject CD Tray? Creates vbs script.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19467792/batch-command-line-to-eject-cd-tray

[jan5678]

https://wineject.com/#functions

[Budman1]

If you wish to use a separate callable utility. Check out NirCmd. http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html . It opens and closes drives, speaks text and a lot more usable in (you got to love it...) Batch files. Offered as freeware.

[sambat]

Install Hotswap! and use command prompt, thus:

hotswap! m:

http://mt-naka.com/hotswap/index_enu.htm

[Cornucopia]

Here we go again!

[lingyi]

Some of the OP's questions make me wonder if he's developing viruses. I would guess it's easier to automatically execute commands through a command line script than through a GUI.

[DB83]

Oh. He's developed a virus alright !!!

[JVRaines]

Feline leukemia.

[marcorocchini]

wineject works but seems don't have a commandline way.

The .VBS: I don't know why but it don't works.

The nirsoft works only on CDROM drive, in my xdcam Sony PDW-U2 drive don't works.

Hotswap seems to me don't have an "eject" function, only a "safe remove" function.

This seems work:

powershell "(new-object -COM Shell.Application).NameSpace(17).ParseName('G:').InvokeVerb('Eject')"

but it employ few seconds before eject

[jan5678]

wineject works but seems don't have a commandline way.

according to his website it does. Did you try it in cmd maybe with --help or /? for options or google for commandline options

[ron spencer]

The cat is back!! Has it had its distemper shots?? Not likely.

[amaipaipai]

Install Hotswap! and use command prompt, thus:

hotswap! m:

http://mt-naka.com/hotswap/index_enu.htm

Nice find!
I have 3 hot swap bay/doc/rack, the SATA ports are set to work as a hot swap device on the BIOS/UEFI but it never worked on Windows 7 or 10, if you try, it always say that the device is busy.
With this little app it works with a click, clean and simple!

Thanks!

For the OP question, I use this:

RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll

Save as a BAT or CMD and run it as a administrator, the hotswap app is much better!

[sambat]

To eject the dvd drive using 'Command Prompt' type:
explorer f:

-where f is the drive.

[Cornucopia]

That is not a valid command switch to eject. It just opens up a window of the root of the f drive.
Explorer.exe does not have as one of its command switch options an eject feature.

Try "freeeject.exe".

Scott

(Though, honestly, I do not understand how anyone with money to spend on a ~$4000USD xdcam drive cannot put in the investment for things like proper tools and/or poweshell training)