Safely remove hardware icon

[Guest]

Do I really need that safely remove hardware icon down there next to my
clock? Can I access it from somewhere else? And how do I get rid of it?--
Jacalyn

 

[Kelly]

Removable Storage. May be others as well, but enabling that causes
the taskbar icon for Safely remove to appear.

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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP)

Troubleshooting Windows XP
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[Rock]

Do I really need that safely remove hardware icon down there next to my
clock? Can I access it from somewhere else? And how do I get rid of it?--
Jacalyn

Set it to always hide. Right click on a blank area of the Taskbar,
choose properties, Customize. Set it to always hide.

 

[David Candy]

You would rather lose your files?

 

[Art]

Set it to always hide. Right click on a blank area of the Taskbar, choose
properties, Customize. Set it to always hide.

Jacalyn:
Access Device Manager (Start > Control Panel > System > Device Manager)
In the "Disk drives" section of Device Manager, right-click on the USB
device in question (I assume it's a USB device), and select Properties. On
the Properties sheet that opens, click on the Policies tab. You'll see two
options, one of which is "Optimize for quick removal". Select that option if
it's not already selected. Click OK.

Note the "Optimize for quick removal" option indicates "... you can
disconnect this device without using the Safe Removal icon".

If, on the other hand, the device in question specifically instructs the
user to use the Safely Remove icon to stop the device before ejecting or
unplugging it, then follow those instructions.
Art

 

[Andy_P]

Set it to always hide. Right click on a blank area of the Taskbar,
choose properties, Customize. Set it to always hide.

Just what I wanted too. Tried it and now have a "You've hidden an icon"
icon that takes up just as much room. Doh!

 

[Rock]

Just what I wanted too. Tried it and now have a "You've hidden an icon"
icon that takes up just as much room. Doh!

Do you have hide inactive icons checked in Taskbar, Properties?