Recently (I think following a system update) the "Safely remove hardware"
icon has disappeared from my system tray. Rebooting the system doesn't bring
it back. I'd like to get it back, or at least find some other way to execute
its function. Any help will be appreciated.

Try this from the Start-Run box to execute the function:

RUNDLL32.EXE shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll

....Alan
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On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 17:21:01 -0800, in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, lost in XP <lost in XP
@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Recently (I think following a system update) the "Safely remove hardware"
>icon has disappeared from my system tray. Rebooting the system doesn't bring
>it back. I'd like to get it back, or at least find some other way to execute
>its function. Any help will be appreciated.

Right click the Taskbar and select Customize Notifications Icons.

"lost in XP" <lost in XP @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:ABA2A7E7-9014-4559-83B2-7583C3422916@microsoft.com...
> Recently (I think following a system update) the "Safely remove hardware"
> icon has disappeared from my system tray. Rebooting the system doesn't
> bring
> it back. I'd like to get it back, or at least find some other way to
> execute
> its function. Any help will be appreciated.