I'm sick of Safely Remove Hardware!
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I too have a rant; why is there no hotkey to stop USB keys etc. before unplugging them?? :mad: It ends up taking 3-4 clicks!! Expand the tray, double click the icon, click Stop, click OK. Hmmm, very user friendly :doh: Note 1: If you just pull out without stopping, Vista often asks you to scan it when you plug it in. Note 2: There are ways to configure a hotkey to do this, but Windows should have an easy way. Note 3: IIRC MacOS has a one-click way to do this.
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I too have a rant; why is there no hotkey to stop USB keys etc. before unplugging them?? :mad: It ends up taking 3-4 clicks!! Expand the tray, double click the icon, click Stop, click OK. Hmmm, very user friendly :doh: Note 1: If you just pull out without stopping, Vista often asks you to scan it when you plug it in. Note 2: There are ways to configure a hotkey to do this, but Windows should have an easy way. Note 3: IIRC MacOS has a one-click way to do this.
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I too have a rant; why is there no hotkey to stop USB keys etc. before unplugging them?? :mad: It ends up taking 3-4 clicks!! Expand the tray, double click the icon, click Stop, click OK. Hmmm, very user friendly :doh: Note 1: If you just pull out without stopping, Vista often asks you to scan it when you plug it in. Note 2: There are ways to configure a hotkey to do this, but Windows should have an easy way. Note 3: IIRC MacOS has a one-click way to do this.
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You can save a few clicks by single-clicking on the Icon. It will then pop up a list of plugged in devices and clicking on one them will stop it.
Great tip thanks!! Kinda took the steam out of my rant though.. :~ :)
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I too have a rant; why is there no hotkey to stop USB keys etc. before unplugging them?? :mad: It ends up taking 3-4 clicks!! Expand the tray, double click the icon, click Stop, click OK. Hmmm, very user friendly :doh: Note 1: If you just pull out without stopping, Vista often asks you to scan it when you plug it in. Note 2: There are ways to configure a hotkey to do this, but Windows should have an easy way. Note 3: IIRC MacOS has a one-click way to do this.
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I too have a rant; why is there no hotkey to stop USB keys etc. before unplugging them?? :mad: It ends up taking 3-4 clicks!! Expand the tray, double click the icon, click Stop, click OK. Hmmm, very user friendly :doh: Note 1: If you just pull out without stopping, Vista often asks you to scan it when you plug it in. Note 2: There are ways to configure a hotkey to do this, but Windows should have an easy way. Note 3: IIRC MacOS has a one-click way to do this.
Some us have 5 or 6 usb devices plugged in at time. Just pressing a button would do me know good if my Camera, HD, Scanner, Printer, Keyboard, and Phone are plugged in and I just want to detach one.
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Some us have 5 or 6 usb devices plugged in at time. Just pressing a button would do me know good if my Camera, HD, Scanner, Printer, Keyboard, and Phone are plugged in and I just want to detach one.
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unless the scanner icon was a scanner, the Camera was a camera etc. And can you safely remove a kbd scanner or printer?
Life is like a pubic hair on the toilet seat... ...sometimes, you just get pissed off. .\\axxx (That's an 'M')
Just playing Devil's Advocate.
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Some us have 5 or 6 usb devices plugged in at time. Just pressing a button would do me know good if my Camera, HD, Scanner, Printer, Keyboard, and Phone are plugged in and I just want to detach one.
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Most of this sig is for Google, not ego.If there are more than one, it should give you the option to select which device. Otherwise disconnect the only device.
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Great tip thanks!! Kinda took the steam out of my rant though.. :~ :)
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Right, sorry about that. I know how you feel though. I did what you were doing for a long time before I figured out the single left click thing and it was about the most annoying process ever.
I discovered the left-click a long time ago, me being too lazy to go clicking away so many times to remove the device... now what is annoying me is watching my partner insist on double-click, click on stop... every time, even when I point out that one click will do it :sigh:
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I too have a rant; why is there no hotkey to stop USB keys etc. before unplugging them?? :mad: It ends up taking 3-4 clicks!! Expand the tray, double click the icon, click Stop, click OK. Hmmm, very user friendly :doh: Note 1: If you just pull out without stopping, Vista often asks you to scan it when you plug it in. Note 2: There are ways to configure a hotkey to do this, but Windows should have an easy way. Note 3: IIRC MacOS has a one-click way to do this.
There is a better way on XP (not sure what Vista does though)
Ashley van Gerven wrote:
Expand the tray, double click the icon
Well, if you open Taskbar properties (right-click, select properties), you can uncheck "Hide inactive icons" option - that will remove the first click you mention: the tray will always show the mounted hardware icon. Then you do not double-click, but single click that icon - and it shows the list "Safely remove this...", "Safely remove that..." - you click on device to remove and that's it. Two clicks all together :)
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I too have a rant; why is there no hotkey to stop USB keys etc. before unplugging them?? :mad: It ends up taking 3-4 clicks!! Expand the tray, double click the icon, click Stop, click OK. Hmmm, very user friendly :doh: Note 1: If you just pull out without stopping, Vista often asks you to scan it when you plug it in. Note 2: There are ways to configure a hotkey to do this, but Windows should have an easy way. Note 3: IIRC MacOS has a one-click way to do this.
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I too have a rant; why is there no hotkey to stop USB keys etc. before unplugging them?? :mad: It ends up taking 3-4 clicks!! Expand the tray, double click the icon, click Stop, click OK. Hmmm, very user friendly :doh: Note 1: If you just pull out without stopping, Vista often asks you to scan it when you plug it in. Note 2: There are ways to configure a hotkey to do this, but Windows should have an easy way. Note 3: IIRC MacOS has a one-click way to do this.
Ashley van Gerven wrote:
Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah
Where were yyou last Saturday? I invited you and Josh Gray to my 40th and neither of you lobbed. Had a carton of Coopers Sparkling Ale amongst the alcohol too.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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I too have a rant; why is there no hotkey to stop USB keys etc. before unplugging them?? :mad: It ends up taking 3-4 clicks!! Expand the tray, double click the icon, click Stop, click OK. Hmmm, very user friendly :doh: Note 1: If you just pull out without stopping, Vista often asks you to scan it when you plug it in. Note 2: There are ways to configure a hotkey to do this, but Windows should have an easy way. Note 3: IIRC MacOS has a one-click way to do this.
It takes exactly two clicks. #1: Click the removable hardware icon in the tray. This pops up a list of removable hardware. #2: Click the item you want to remove. You don't need to popup the UI, find the stop button, etc. This works the same on XP and Vista. Also, you can mark the removable hardware tray icon to always be shown, regardless of the 'hide inactive icons' setting. For XP, right-click on the Start button, select Properties, select the Task Bar tab, check 'Hide inactive icons', select Customize. Choose the 'Safely remove hardware' item from the list, and set it to 'Always show'.
Software Zen:
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Ashley van Gerven wrote:
Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah
Where were yyou last Saturday? I invited you and Josh Gray to my 40th and neither of you lobbed. Had a carton of Coopers Sparkling Ale amongst the alcohol too.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
Michael Martin wrote:
my 40th
Cool :beer: - Congrats! Yet another occasion I wished I was the proprietor of a liquor store close to your residence ;P
Michael Martin wrote:
I invited you and Josh Gray
Did you post in the lounge or email message? I definitely see any emails from you. However I was crook AND jetlagged on the weekend so I doubt very much I could have made it. Give us a yell next time though!
"For fifty bucks I'd put my face in their soup and blow." - George Costanza
CP article: SmartPager - a Flickr-style pager control with go-to-page popup layer.
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Nice!
"For fifty bucks I'd put my face in their soup and blow." - George Costanza
CP article: SmartPager - a Flickr-style pager control with go-to-page popup layer.
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Michael Martin wrote:
my 40th
Cool :beer: - Congrats! Yet another occasion I wished I was the proprietor of a liquor store close to your residence ;P
Michael Martin wrote:
I invited you and Josh Gray
Did you post in the lounge or email message? I definitely see any emails from you. However I was crook AND jetlagged on the weekend so I doubt very much I could have made it. Give us a yell next time though!
"For fifty bucks I'd put my face in their soup and blow." - George Costanza
CP article: SmartPager - a Flickr-style pager control with go-to-page popup layer.
Ashley van Gerven wrote:
Did you post in the lounge or email message?
Just a post in the Lounge, I thought about a direct email, but was too old and lazy to look for your email address.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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It takes exactly two clicks. #1: Click the removable hardware icon in the tray. This pops up a list of removable hardware. #2: Click the item you want to remove. You don't need to popup the UI, find the stop button, etc. This works the same on XP and Vista. Also, you can mark the removable hardware tray icon to always be shown, regardless of the 'hide inactive icons' setting. For XP, right-click on the Start button, select Properties, select the Task Bar tab, check 'Hide inactive icons', select Customize. Choose the 'Safely remove hardware' item from the list, and set it to 'Always show'.
Software Zen:
delete this;Wasn't aware of the single click menu until today... makes it a lot easier.
"For fifty bucks I'd put my face in their soup and blow." - George Costanza
CP article: SmartPager - a Flickr-style pager control with go-to-page popup layer.
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Wasn't aware of the single click menu until today... makes it a lot easier.
"For fifty bucks I'd put my face in their soup and blow." - George Costanza
CP article: SmartPager - a Flickr-style pager control with go-to-page popup layer.
It looks like I replicated others' suggestions, although I believe you do have a valid point. Windows XP SP2 and Vista both are supposed to disable write-behind caching for Flash disk devices, which should remove most of the necessity of using the 'safely remove hardware' widget. It would be convenient if they automatically 'disconnected' the device if there were no more accesses to it for a second or two. You could then treat a USB memory stick like a floppy disk, and remove it as soon as the activity light went off.
Software Zen:
delete this;