Icon removal from the taskbar

I am new to Vista and would like to get rid of the 'Safely Remove Hardware'
icon from the taskbar where it stays all the time. It should only pop up when
I use a new or temporary device. Thanks for any help.

Easiest thing to do is 'hide' it. See this link from my website:
http://vistasupport.mvps.org/change...cation_area.htm

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"hanswurst" <hanswurst@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A34A3B52-D223-402A-BACE-2EF02B66EE75@microsoft.com...
>I am new to Vista and would like to get rid of the 'Safely Remove Hardware'
> icon from the taskbar where it stays all the time. It should only pop up
> when
> I use a new or temporary device. Thanks for any help.

If you have a card reader installed in you computer, that would explain why
it is always showing. Just hide it as John said.
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Paul


"hanswurst" wrote:

> I am new to Vista and would like to get rid of the 'Safely Remove Hardware'
> icon from the taskbar where it stays all the time. It should only pop up when
> I use a new or temporary device. Thanks for any help.

"hanswurst" <hanswurst@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:A34A3B52-D223-402A-BACE-2EF02B66EE75@microsoft.com...
> I am new to Vista and would like to get rid of the 'Safely Remove Hardware'
> icon from the taskbar where it stays all the time. It should only pop up when
> I use a new or temporary device. Thanks for any help.

TTBOMK, any USB device will hold the Icon in place for safe removal purposes.