I used to get the icon in the taskbar every time i plugged my flash drive in,
but not anymore. I have heard that not "safely removing" it can har it or the
data on it... Is this true? If so how can i get the option to start popping
up again?

Hello Keith,

It might be possible that the 'safely remove' icon be hidden in the
notification area due to a period of inactivity. Do you see a '<' button on
the notification area ? If yes, click on it to show the hidden notification
icons. Check if the safely remove device icon shows up there.

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"Keith" <Keith@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E60081C2-8CA1-42D6-ADBE-6944E8CF8ADC@microsoft.com...
>I used to get the icon in the taskbar every time i plugged my flash drive
>in,
> but not anymore. I have heard that not "safely removing" it can har it or
> the
> data on it... Is this true? If so how can i get the option to start
> popping
> up again?

Make a shortcut in quick launch that points to "RunDll32.exe
shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll" (Without quotes)

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"Keith" <Keith@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E60081C2-8CA1-42D6-ADBE-6944E8CF8ADC@microsoft.com...
|I used to get the icon in the taskbar every time i plugged my flash drive
in,
| but not anymore. I have heard that not "safely removing" it can har it or
the
| data on it... Is this true? If so how can i get the option to start popping
| up again?

Well its not hidden... But i tried making shortcuts to the files Ayush posted
and i got an error on the Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll one saying
Control_RunDLL could not be found...

"Ayush" wrote:

> Make a shortcut in quick launch that points to "RunDll32.exe
> shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll" (Without quotes)
>
> --
> Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]
>
> For any query, search - www.Google.com
> Want to know about a term - http://en.wikipedia.org
> Snip your long urls - http://snipurl.com/
>
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>
> "Keith" <Keith@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E60081C2-8CA1-42D6-ADBE-6944E8CF8ADC@microsoft.com...
> |I used to get the icon in the taskbar every time i plugged my flash drive
> in,
> | but not anymore. I have heard that not "safely removing" it can har it or
> the
> | data on it... Is this true? If so how can i get the option to start popping
> | up again?
>
>
>

Keith wrote:
> Well its not hidden... But i tried making shortcuts to the files
> Ayush posted and i got an error on the Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll one
> saying Control_RunDLL could not be found...


Try making the shortcut again. Maybe it was just because that was broken in
two lines :
RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll

A space between rundll and shell32.dll


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Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]

For any query, search - www.Google.com
Want to know about a term - http://en.wikipedia.org
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Wel that worked... I can now at least open the di8alog to safely remove my
drive... Is there no real fix though?I dont like having to run that each time
i want to take my drive out...Its a bit of a pain... I guess i will if i have
to though...

Insert the flash drive.
My Computer, right click on the drive, Properties, Hardware, highlight the
drive, Properties, Policies, select no caching.
Now when you close the program that is accessing the drive, you can remove
the drive without using Remove Hardware.
When you use Remove Hardware, you have to reboot or use the commands from
Ayush to get the drive recognized again.
--
Ronald Sommer

"Keith" <Keith@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:87AA0899-C35B-4A97-AD81-25A3638F95F8@microsoft.com...
: Wel that worked... I can now at least open the di8alog to safely remove my
: drive... Is there no real fix though?I dont like having to run that each
time
: i want to take my drive out...Its a bit of a pain... I guess i will if i
have
: to though...

Well that helps prevent me from damaging my drive, but i bought this
particular one for its speed... Doing that contradicts what i was aiming
for... So there is no solution that anyone knows of?