Actually, Francesco's response was exactly correct. I did have the "Safely
Remove Hardware Program" component but as long as the "USB Mass Storage Device
Update" component was in the design I would never get the 'safely remove' icon
in the system tray. Once I built without it, the icon shows and works
correctly.

In article <A0628768-42C7-42AF-849E-5094F43D8488@microsoft.com>, Matt Kellner
(MSFT) wrote:
> From: "Matt Kellner \(MSFT\)" <mattkell@online.microsoft.com>
> Subject: Re: Safely remove hardware
> Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 14:19:33 -0700
> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.embedded
>
> Hi Larry. Unfortunately, the solution shown below will not address the
> original question. As Francesco mentioned, the USB Boot components are
> meant specifically to enable the system to boot from a USB device, and part
> of this solution is to cause XPe to treat USB flash drives as non-removable
> devices (normally they are always seen as removable, and thus are treated
> differently from non-removable media). This doesn't have any impact on the
> "Safely Remove Hardware" functionality, however.
>
> There is a component named "Safely Remove Hardware Program", which should
> bring in the necessary components to add the requested functionality to your
> runtime.
> --
> Matt Kellner
> SDET, Microsoft Windows Embedded Team
>
> This message is posted AS-IS, without any warranty, and confers no rights.
>
> "Francesco Gigante" <Francesco Gigante@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:86483DA3-6EE3-4F23-B52D-AFFBAFBA32A8@microsoft.com...
> >
> > Probably the problem is about the USB Boot Mass Storage Device Update
> > component. If you are using Full XP 2007 by Sean Liming, this component is
> > automatically included by the FULL XP - System section. I think this is a
> > mistake, because the USB Boot Mass Storage Device Update component is
> > useful
> > only if you are deploying a USB boot image. the USB Boot Mass Storage
> > Device
> > Update contain a special version of the file USBSTOR.SYS, different from
> > the
> > classical XP Professional version. See this article for more details:
> >
> > http://blogs.msdn.com/embedded/archi...using-usb.aspx
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Francesco Gigante
> >
> > "LarryW" wrote:
> >
> >> I have a Full XP image and have the Safely Remove Hardware component
> >> installed. The system detects when a USB stick is inserted and works
> >> fine
> >> with it. But I never see the Safely Remove Hardware icon in the system
> >> tray
> >> like I do in regular XP Pro. Is there another component or primitive
> >> that I
> >> need? I do see some other things in the system tray such as the speaker
> >> Volume icon.
> >>
> >>
>