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Create A Hotkey For "Safely Remove Hardware"

Posted September 9, 2008 – 12:25 pm in: Vista Tweaks, XP Tweaks

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Everyone use USB drives or other USB devices. After using USB device we need to click on the button every time to remove the USB device safely. To come out of this pain, we will show you how to create a shortcut key to Safely Remove Hardware option.

1. Right-click on the desktop, select New and then, Shortcut.
2. Paste the below code in the Location dialog box:

RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll

3. Specify a name for the shortcut like Safe Remove, click Finish.
4. Now, right click on the shortcut icon on the desktop and select Properties.
5. Under the Shortcut tab, assign a new shortcut key.
6. You are done! Now you can remove the USB device with a keyboard shortcut.