Ever discovered the Safely Remove Hardware icon missing when you wanted to safely remove hardware in Windows XP? Here's how to get around this without getting reprimanded and threatened by the OS.
Go to Start-Run. Enter the following line (case sensitive) and click OK.
rundll32 shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll
This will bring up the "Safety Remove Hardware" dialog which can be used to stop and unplug the USB device. And if the SRH is normally present in your system tray, it should reappear in the tray.
ALTERNATIVE METHOD: Reboot your PC without removing the USB device and hope that the SRH icon reappears after re-start.
REFERENCE: http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2007/12/30/restore-missing-or-disappeared-safely-remove-hardware-icon/
Sunday, May 1, 2011
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