Friday, August 15, 2008

Use a Shortcut Key to Safely Remove Hardware

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

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