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Use a Shortcut Key to Safely Remove Hardware [How To]

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How to Use a Shortcut Key to Safely Remove Hardware

Many of you who use USB drives will benefit from this quick fix. Safely removing hardware can be a pain when you have to click the button every time. In this guide you will learn how to assign a keyboard shortcut to the Safely Remove Hardware Dialog.

Creating the Shortcut

1. Right-click anywhere on the desktop and choose New \ Shortcut:

How to Use a Shortcut Key to Safely Remove Hardware

2. Paste in the following into the location box:

RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll

How to Use a Shortcut Key to Safely Remove Hardware

3. Give the shortcut a name, and you’ll have a shortcut icon…

How to Use a Shortcut Key to Safely Remove Hardware

Assigning a Shortcut Key

Right-click the icon you made above, click properties, and select the Shortcut tab.

How to Use a Shortcut Key to Safely Remove Hardware

As long as the shortcut remains on the desktop, this shortcut will work for you.

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3 Responses to “Use a Shortcut Key to Safely Remove Hardware [How To]”

  1. R.C. May Says:
    June 20th, 2008 at 9:55 am

    Thanks for the memories, need to stop throwing out those piecies,

    Thank You

  2. Paul Says:
    September 18th, 2008 at 2:52 pm

    Yes, I can be even more lazy with this!

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