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USB flash drive does not autoplay on certain usb ports

Faizy450
Level 7
Hey.



I've just come across an error which is quite frustrating. I use a Sandisk Cruzer Extreme USB 3.0 32gb flash drive. When I plug the flash drive in, autoplay does not come up however the flash drive shows up on My Computer, but not Device Manager. It does not show up on the tray (the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon), but other USB flash drives do. The drive is fully working and I can transfer files to and from the drive, I just cannot autoplay nor eject the drive safely.



I've done the obvious such as ensuring autoplay is enabled, formatting the drive, trying different ports, and now I'm not sure what the problem can be.



I've observed that it's only the first USB port on the front panel that has this problem, but all other USB drives autoplay fine on this port. (2.0 only - 3.0 does not autoplay on this particular port)



I think it's a driver issue but I'm unsure of what driver to reinstall. I'm using a maximus vii ranger.


Thanks in advance.

Edit: I believe I have found the issue, but am unsure of how to fix it.

Event viewer reports: "The driver \Driver\WUDFRd failed to load for the device ACPI\PNP0A0A\2&daba3ff&2." - and this driver is assosciated with the usb drive (when right clicking -> properties -> driver details, WUDFRd.sys shows up). I've had this issue with that driver for a while, and have found no way to fix it. I think it's a glitch with the RoG boards as I've seen it posted here a few times - myself posting it also.
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