Thursday, November 3, 2011

Create a Desktop shortcut ICON for for Safety Remove Hardware Devices

When we plugin any External storage device like USB/Memory card etc. and Transfer data from /to it.
If yoyr external hatdware is used by any background process and you remove the hardware directly it may corrupt the data.

You should always Safety Remove the hardware device to assure that your data is safe. But most of the people usually forget to do the same. You can create shortcut to safety remove hardware device on your Desktop, which is more visible and can be easily used to remove the hardware devices.

How to create a Desktop Shortcut for Safety Remove Hardware Devices:
  • Right click on your Desktop and click on New.
  • Now choose Shortcut option from the list.




















  • In browse location just Copy/Paste the following Red text.
RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll
  • And click on Next button.























  • Now it will ask you the Name of the shortcut. Name it some thing like Safety Remove USB and then click on Finish button.
















































































































  • There will a Shortcut Icon on your Desktop, Just double click on it and your External Media will be Removed Safely.








This Shortcut can very helpful to you when your safety Remove icon got Disappear from notification area.

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