How to Create a Safely Remove Hardware Shortcut in Windows Vista?


Whenever you have to remove a removable hardware safely, you use the icon on the Taskbar in the Notification area. This tutorial will help you in creating a Safely Remove Hardware shortcut so that you do not have to jostle with the small icon on the Taskbar.

Safely Remove Hardware icon on the Taskbar:



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Safely Remove Hardware window:



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You can accomplish this in the following manner:

1) Right click on the Desktop and choose New and then Shortcut option



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2) Now type or copy RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll in the location textbox and press Next button



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3) Type a desired name, say Safely Remove Hardware, and press Finish button



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4) You can now view the Safely Remove Hardware shortcut on the Desktop



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5) You can now change its icon