Is there a way to "Safely Remove Hardware" from a batch file?

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Hi, this is a very helpfull page, thanks leo for all your efforts, and all the other people who have commented. I have the usb problem in reverse. I use wireless usb devices (for networking) and they appear in the safely remove hardware list. users sometimes accidentally remove the wireless device, and then the pc loses it's connection. Does anyone know of a way to remove a certain device from the list? so it CAN'T be turned off. cheers, jonnyxx.

The comment Jared posted on Jan 20, 2007 is almost perfect, but I've adopted an easier way to use it. Copy the directory\command

%windir%\system32\RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll

Go to your desktop and create a new shortcut and paste that directory\command into the location bar. If you want the special Windows icon for it open up the properties of the shortcut, click Change Icon, click Browse, and (if it's already showing you your system32 directory) find hotplug.dll and open that. The Safely Remove Hardware icon is located in there.

I created this process for a novice user that liked to do everything from her desktop. The article suggests a much more complicated process, the icon/shortcut can be transferred to many XP computers. I'm just cutting out the middle man of the command prompt because c'mon man! this is Windows! not Linux! lol

Worked like a charm! Excellent article.

now able to see that unplag or eject hardware,

not showing usb device

able to see in mycomputer

Sometimes i forget to use "Safely Remove Hardware" commands for my usb drive . Can this be any problem .

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Yes. In the worst case you could corrupt and lose all the
data on the drive.

Leo

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A program called USB Disk Ejector - is free and works perfectly!

Ian
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http://www.i-logo.net

Can it be used to remove bluetooth devices?

Requires restart to remove esata connected drive that IS safely removable via dialogue. I hope it can come back after restart...

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