Safely Remove Hardware Icon vs. rsm.exe

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Henry T Fiddler

I just learned about "Safely Remove Hardware" icon in notification
area, after many surprise removals of my Ricochet Networks WiFi card
that did not work out very well at all! I have looked for and cannot
find:

* any documentation on this feature in Windows Help and Support. Does
it exist somewhere that anyone knows of?

* any way to bring up that dialog box via the standard Start Menu, or
by creating a custom shortcut on the Start Menu that points to a
Windows executable. Any one know where the executable lives that
brings up said dialog?

* any way to put a command in a batch file I can run from command line
that would unload a specific device?

Re. the command line, I did discover rsm.exe, however the docs say it
"Manages media resources using Removable Storage", so I doubt it would
apply to removing a PC-Card, but can't help to ask. What I would
really like is a command line utility something like:

remov "Standard PCMCIA"

that I could just stick in a batch file and run it, ... then sit back
and wait for Windows to say "Ok to remove!".

Anyone got any ideas on any of the above?

Thanks
<<Henry>>
 
Henry said:
I just learned about "Safely Remove Hardware" icon in notification
area, after many surprise removals of my Ricochet Networks WiFi card
that did not work out very well at all! I have looked for and cannot
find:

* any documentation on this feature in Windows Help and Support. Does
it exist somewhere that anyone knows of?

* any way to bring up that dialog box via the standard Start Menu, or
by creating a custom shortcut on the Start Menu that points to a
Windows executable. Any one know where the executable lives that
brings up said dialog?

* any way to put a command in a batch file I can run from command line
that would unload a specific device?

Re. the command line, I did discover rsm.exe, however the docs say it
"Manages media resources using Removable Storage", so I doubt it would
apply to removing a PC-Card, but can't help to ask. What I would
really like is a command line utility something like:

remov "Standard PCMCIA"

that I could just stick in a batch file and run it, ... then sit back
and wait for Windows to say "Ok to remove!".

Anyone got any ideas on any of the above?

Thanks
<<Henry>>
Click to expand...

Would that be easier than clicking on the icon?
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Michael Stevens said:
Would that be easier than clicking on the icon?
Click to expand...

Yes ... if you happen to be an old dinasaur like me who started on an
026 keypunch back in 1964! I really hate mice. Much prefer command
line.

Consider the time involved in grabbing the damn mouse, pointing at the
the damn << icon at the left of the notification area, clicking on
same, hunting around for the damn Safely Remove Hardware icon,
pointing at it, double clicking on it, waiting for the dialog to open,
pointing to the desired device, clicking on it, clicking Close button!
Now, wouldn't it be easier to type a couple of keystrokes at the
command line and then hit Enter? Jeez-us!

Thanks for asking. Good excuse to vent steam at Mr Gates. Yes, there
are times when the mouse is a very useful invention, however this is
not a case in point!

:-)
<<Henry>>
 
Henry T Fiddler said:
Yes ... if you happen to be an old dinasaur like me who started on an
026 keypunch back in 1964! I really hate mice. Much prefer command
line.

Consider the time involved in grabbing the damn mouse, pointing at the
the damn << icon at the left of the notification area, clicking on
same, hunting around for the damn Safely Remove Hardware icon,
pointing at it, double clicking on it, waiting for the dialog to open,
pointing to the desired device, clicking on it, clicking Close button!
Now, wouldn't it be easier to type a couple of keystrokes at the
command line and then hit Enter? Jeez-us!

Thanks for asking. Good excuse to vent steam at Mr Gates. Yes, there
are times when the mouse is a very useful invention, however this is
not a case in point!

:-)
<<Henry>>
Click to expand...

Thanks and you are welcome. It really was a legit question. 8-)

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