How to Create a DesktopShortcut to Safely RemoveHardware Device

When we plugin any external storage
media like USB/Memory Card etc and
transfer data from/to it.If your
external hardware is used by any
background process and you remove
the hardware directly it may corrupt
the data.You should always Safely
Remove the hardware device to
assure that your data is safe .But most
of the people usually forget to do the
same.
You can create shortcut to safely
remove hardware device on you
Desktop which is more visible and can
be easily used to remove the
hardware devices.
How to Create a Desktop Shortcut
of Safely Remove Hardware:
Right click on your Desktop and Click
on New.
Now choose Shortcut option from
the list.
In the browse location just Copy/
Paste the following text
RunDll32.exe
shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL
hotplug.dll
and click on Next button.
Now it will ask you to Name the
shortcut.Name it something like
Safety Remove USB and then click on
Finish button.
There will a shortcut icon on your
Desktop just double click on it and
your external media will be Removed
Safely.
This shortcut can also be very helpful
to you when your Safely Remove icon
got disappear from your notification
area. This trick works on all Microsoft
OS Window 7/Vista and Window XP.

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