I have a USB stick which has no drive letter assigned because its only partition is encrypted with VeraCrypt. Before removing the stick from my computer physically, of course I first dismount the volume in VeraCrypt. Now since the device has no drive letter assigned, there is no entry for it in the removable media list that pops up when clicking the corresponding tray icon. However, you can select "Open Devices and Printers", select the device there and remove it. I have two questions:
Do I need to remove it this way after having dismounted it in VeraCrypt? I need to make as certain as possible that this device does not have incomplete data written to it or becomes otherwise corrupted. Therefore, so far I have always removed it via "Devices and Printers" before actually pulling it out of the slot.
To remove the stick via "Devices and Printers", administrative privileges are required. Is there a way around this other than giving the device a drive letter? I would like to be able to do this without elevation, but I also do not want to give the drive a letter because Windows becomes eerily keen on formatting any drive that doesn't look familiar.
