Windows 7: Safely Remove Hardware
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I’ve been using Windows 7 for a few weeks now, and I’ve got to say that Microsoft seem to have done a pretty good job with it… However one thing that has annoyed me is that my Safely Remove Hardware doesn’t seem to work correctly.
Anyway – I figured out a way to get it working today – so I thought I would post it here for others;
The problem: When I click Safely Remove Hardware – it doesn’t appear to do anything.
The solution: Close all windows, right click on the desktop and Choose New>Create Shortcut. A window will appear asking for a location – cut+paste the following into the box;
RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll
Click Next, and then type a name, eg. “Remove Hardware”.
You will now have a blank button on your desktop that you can click to get the familiar XP/Vista style hardware-stop window back. Just use this ‘shortcut’ to remove the hardware correctly.