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

By Rich on May 13, 2008 (13 Comments)

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:

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

2. Paste in the following into the location box:

RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll

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

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

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Assigning a Shortcut Key

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

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

About Rich

Rich is the owner and creator of Windows Guides; he spends his time breaking things on his PC so he can write how-to guides to fix the problems he creates.

Comments

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R.C. May
Thanks for the memories, need to stop throwing out those piecies,
Thank You
R.C. May
Thanks for the memories, need to stop throwing out those piecies,
Thank You
R.C. May
Thanks for the memories, need to stop throwing out those piecies,
Thank You
R.C. May
Thanks for the memories, need to stop throwing out those piecies,
Thank You
Paul
Yes, I can be even more lazy with this!
Paul
Yes, I can be even more lazy with this!
Paul
Yes, I can be even more lazy with this!
tcoss2007
not really working for me….I have vista ultimate x64..it just opens up the safely remove hardware window, even though I only have just one device plugged in
tcoss2007
not really working for me….I have vista ultimate x64..it just opens up the safely remove hardware window, even though I only have just one device plugged in
tcoss2007
not really working for me….I have vista ultimate x64..it just opens up the safely remove hardware window, even though I only have just one device plugged in
tcoss2007
not really working for me….I have vista ultimate x64..it just opens up the safely remove hardware window, even though I only have just one device plugged in

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