A good tip. I have not tried this but I think if you save this line in a text file and rename it hotplug.bat then you could simply press enter on that file on the desktop and get the same result. Even better you could set up a shortcut key to hotplug.bat, perhaps control alt and P and the result should appear instantaneously. The only thing to remember is that you need to ensure that there is a carriage return at the end of the command line in the bat file.
Regards David griffith -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Silly Goose Sent: Wednesday, 11 November 2009 09:07 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] is there a particular way to unplug a flashdrive If Safely remove hardware does not appear in the Systems tray I discovered a temporary fix. Use Windows r to open the run dialog box and paste in the following RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll Then press enter and the Safely Remove Hardware window opens. I just save the text in a document that can be opened and copied quickly if the need arises. Sherrie Gosling ----- Original Message ----- From: "jason smith" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 7:57 AM Subject: [Blind-Computing] is there a particular way to unplug a flash drive Hi list, I have a flash drive, that I want to start using instead of relying on floppy disks, which tend to be more fragile. As I understand it, I just plug the flash drive into one of the USB ports on my computer. And it should show up as drive E in the "my computer" list. Is that correct? From what I understand, when using a USB external hard drive, you are meant to select the "safely remove hardware" option from somewhere on the computer before unplugging the external drive from the computer? Is this correct? And where do I find that option for when I start using my external drive? Do you have to follow the same procedure for unplugging a USB flash drive? And are Flash drives and USB hard drives regarded as the same thing? As I have a 500 gig external hard drive. And an only 1 gig flash drive. Thanks Jason For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4594 (20091111) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4594 (20091111) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4594 (20091111) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
