SAfe To Remove Harware procedure

AS I remember, everytime I went to remove plugged-harware, HP personal media
drives, USB connected scanners, external floppies, etc., I needed to go
through an icon in the Start-Up Task Bar to avoid getting a warning message.
Last week, suddenly the icon was no longer there. Was there an update
recently which removed the necessity to do this, or am I now performing an
unsafe procedure by just disconnecting?
Anyone hear of a change lately or is there a file or start up task I need to
re-insert?
Thanks
--
vince

First , make sure that the Safely Remove Hardware icon is not set as “Always
Hide“.
1. Right click Taskbar and select Properties
2. On the Taskbar tab click on the “Customize� button. If it is blurred out,
you need to check “Hide inactive icons“.
3. You’ll see a Customize Notification options. At the Current Items, select
“Always Show� or "Hide when Inactive" for the “Safely Remove Hardware� icon.

If still it does not show:
The manual way of bringing back the Safely Remove Hardware window is by
running a command. Go to Start, Run, type in the following line and click OK.
The command below is case sensitive.

rundll32 shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll

That will bring up the “Safely Remove Hardware� dialog which you can use to
stop the USB device that you want to unplug.





--
Rey


"vince" wrote:

> AS I remember, everytime I went to remove plugged-harware, HP personal media
> drives, USB connected scanners, external floppies, etc., I needed to go
> through an icon in the Start-Up Task Bar to avoid getting a warning message.
> Last week, suddenly the icon was no longer there. Was there an update
> recently which removed the necessity to do this, or am I now performing an
> unsafe procedure by just disconnecting?
> Anyone hear of a change lately or is there a file or start up task I need to
> re-insert?
> Thanks
> --
> vince