Comments on: Create a Shortcut or Hotkey for the Safely Remove Hardware Dialog

By: rakesh

rakesh — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:00:09 +0000

it was really helpful ……………
but it did’nt appear in the tool bar like before

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:13:00 +0000

The “Safely Remove Hardware” icon randomely disappear from my laptop system tray. Your instruction help me safely remove my PCMCIA card and recreate the “Remove Hardware” icon in the system tray.

Thanks a bunch

By: crz

crz — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 08:22:18 +0000

THANKS!

By: Angel

Angel — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 03:09:43 +0000

Perfect. I’ve got a dlink hub/peripheral switcher that I have an external drive hooked up to. This will make it much faster when switching between computers.

By: jd2066

jd2066 — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:25:02 +0000

I just found the program Desk Drive at http://blueonionsoftware.com/deskdrive.aspx
It creates and removes shortcuts on the desktop to drives as they appear and disappear.
I thought I would post it here sense I think someone mentioned wanting something like it.

By: passer-by

passer-by — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 09:56:00 +0000

@Flatlinebb

My job is sitting at a desk overnight; we can use these PC’s if we want, to pass the time between the times we’re needed. These PCs just got very locked-down, though — including removal of the system tray. So they still recognize and show my flash drive, but there’s no visible way to safely remove the drive shy of shutting down the PC.

This shortcut was *exactly* what I set out to find quickly when I entered “eject flash drive windows” into my favorite search engine. It is the solution to the problem that already existed for me. Finding someone who’d already found it saved me much hunting .

By: GJ

GJ — Sat, 10 May 2008 21:01:54 +0000

Brilliant! Thanks a bunch!

By: michael d.

michael d. — Thu, 01 May 2008 13:46:24 +0000

I have usb drive without power button. Is there way to detect the drive after I’ve shut it down with the method described here? It detects it when I take cable off and back on but I wish there was easier way. Thanks!

By: Deb

Deb — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:33:28 +0000

What a great tip, some how my computer would not display the safe removal icon on the task bar and I would have to turn the computer off to safely remove my storage drive. This short cut has made my life sooooo much easier…..many thanks!!!!!

By: HASH

HASH — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:10:26 +0000

@Whatisinaname

thanks for the tip, i used it and it looks better on the quick launch too. thanks Geek, for finding useful tips and shortcuts for our daily computer uses.