Hi, James.
As they say, when all else fails, Google is your friend. And now, with
Bing, we have two such friends. ;<)
I asked Bing to search for "safely remove hardware icon" and this was about
the 7th of 494,000 hits:
Icon Remover
A freeware tool for geting rid of 'Safely Remove Hardware' icon.
http://iconremover.com/index.html
I've never tried this so I don't know if it works. Why don't you check it
out and let us all know how well it works.
Google also gets nearly a half-million hits on that search string. Most
hits - in both search engines - seem to be about safely removing the
hardware, rather than about removing the icon, but several hits look
promising.
RC
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"JamesJ" <jjy@xxxxxx_roadrunner.com> wrote in message
news:O1U58qb#JHA.4560@xxxxxx
Quote:
> I have Optimize for Quick Removal checked but the icon remains.
> Am I missing something?
>
> James
>
> "R. C. White" <rc@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:utWrXxZ%23JHA.4560@xxxxxx Quote:
>> Hi, James.
>>
>> I just today responded to your other thread with the same question. I
>> gave you the same advice as you've quoted:
>> Quote:
>>> I'ver notice a setting in the properties of the drive that
>>> 'Optimize for quick removal' is checked but I'm not sure if changing
>>> this will prevent the iceopn from appearing.
>>
>> Did you actually try this? What was the result?
>>
>> Googling (and Binging) for "quick removal" and such terms got me
>> thousands of hits from other discussions like this, but nothing
>> authoritative until I tried TechNet. There I found this
>> (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb457107.aspx ), but I'm not
>> sure if you can access it without a TechNet subscription, so I've pasted
>> several paragraphs. It is from the Windows XP Professional Resource Kit,
>> published November 30, 2005. While it is much more than you asked for,
>> it might help explain WHY, not just "how to".
>>
>> <paste>
>> Safe Removal of Plug and Play Devices
>> Some buses allow devices to be hot-plugged-added or removed while a
>> system is running. Examples of such buses include USB, IEEE 1394, PC
>> Card, and CardBus. For devices on other buses, such as ISA and PCI, the
>> computer must be turned off before devices are added or removed.
>>
>> Note While primarily intended for servers, Windows XP also supports the
>> Hot-Plug PCI specification through ACPI. This specification allows users
>> to install and remove PCI devices while the computer is running for
>> compliant PCI devices and controllers. For more information, see
>> http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system...otplugpci.mspx.
>>
>> When removing a device from a bus that supports hot plugging, if the
>> Safely Remove Hardware icon appears in the notification area, use the
>> Safely Remove Hardware application as explained later to ensure a safe
>> removal of hardware from the system. The Safely Remove Hardware
>> application informs Windows that the user intends to remove a device.
>> This gives Windows an opportunity to prepare for the removal by taking
>> steps such as halting data transfers to the device and unloading device
>> drivers.
>>
>> When hardware is removed from a running system without using the Safely
>> Remove Hardware application, it is often referred to as surprise removal
>> because the operating system is not notified in advance of the removal.
>> Surprise removal is particularly a concern for storage devices for which
>> write caching is enabled, because when such devices are surprise removed,
>> data loss or corruption might occur. To reduce the likelihood of data
>> loss or corruption as a result of surprise removal of consumer-oriented
>> storage devices, Windows XP Professional disables write caching by
>> default for these devices (such as cameras that include IEEE 1394 or USB
>> storage, small form factor storage devices such as compact flash, and so
>> on). While write caching policy addresses this particular issue, it is
>> recommended that users continue to use the Safely Remove Hardware
>> application when it appears in the notification area. Also, disabling
>> write caching might slow the performance of consumer-oriented storage
>> devices.
>>
>> Write caching is enabled by default for high-performance external storage
>> devices such as IEEE 1394 hard drives and SCSI hard drives, in addition
>> to being enabled for storage devices inside the computer that cannot be
>> surprise removed.
>>
>> Caching policy defaults can be changed in Device Manager for
>> high-performance external storage devices. In Device Manager, on the
>> property sheet for the removable storage device, click the Policies tab
>> to view the default write caching settings for the device. If the
>> Policies tab does not display, this option is not provided for the
>> device. If the write caching settings are enabled, you can change the
>> settings based on your performance and safe removal needs as follows:
>>
>> Click Optimize for quick removal to disable write caching on the storage
>> device and in Windows. This allows you to remove the device without using
>> the Safely Remove Hardware application, but it can have an impact on the
>> performance of the device.
>>
>> Click Optimize for performance to enable write caching in Windows, which
>> can improve the performance of the storage device. However, you must use
>> the Safely Remove Hardware application to disconnect the device from the
>> computer.
>>
>> If these write caching options are not available, your storage device is
>> not removable without turning off the computer and a different option
>> displays in the dialog box. This option allows you to disable write
>> caching for your storage device, which can affect the performance of the
>> device.
>> </paste>
>>
>> In summary, you can Optimize for Quick Removal; this will get rid of your
>> Safely Remove Hardware icon - which is what you said you want - but it
>> might slow down copying files to your HDD. (Reads don't use the cache,
>> so they shouldn't be affected.) OR, you can Optimize for Best
>> Performance - and continue to deal with that icon.
>>
>> RC
>>
>> "JamesJ" <jjy@xxxxxx_roadrunner.com> wrote in message
>> news:eom7Jw58JHA.3836@xxxxxx Quote:
>>> I just installed plugged-in and ecternal harddrive with Vista Home Basic
>>> SP2.
>>> The moment I plugged in the USB an icon appeared in the Notification
>>> area:
>>> 'Safely Remove Hardware'.
>>> I'ver notice a setting in the properties of the drive that
>>> 'Optimize for quick removal' is checked but I'm not sure if changing
>>> this will prevent the iceopn from appearing.
>>> How can I prevent this icon from appearing?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> James