I'm sick of Safely Remove Hardware!
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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 :)
You don't have to go that far. You can customize the tray to always/never show specific icons while still hiding the inactive ones.
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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:
why is there no hotkey to stop USB keys etc
http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDetail.aspx?li=e17817f6-42e4-4b7e-a95a-fe4f076c9170&bt=1&pl=1[^] there is.
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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'.
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delete this;one click on vista, install a gadget.
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Yep - 100% agree there. A separate icon for each USB device would be easier - then click it to safely remove. Pain in the proverbial!
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install a gadget, one click eject.
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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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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.
I just use Explorer to eject the device.
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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.
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