If you use USB devices, such as USB thumb drives or external USB hard drives a lot, you are most likely very familiar with using the Safisha Undoa Vifaa icon in the system tray. You must click this icon to bring up a menu allowing you to eject external USB devices.
We will show you a method for creating a shortcut you can use to quickly access the Safisha Undoa Vifaa dialog box in Windows 7/8/10.
Create Shortcut to Safely Remove Hardware
Right-click in any empty space on the desktop. Select New | Shortcut kutoka kwa orodha ya popup.
The Tengeneza njia ya mkato dialog box displays. Copy and paste the following line into the Andika eneo la kipengee edit box. Click Inayofuata.
RunDll32.exe shell32.dll, Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll
Enter a name for the shortcut in the Andika jina la njia hii ya mkato hariri kisanduku na bonyeza Kumaliza.
The default icon for the new shortcut does not really represent the purpose of the shortcut very well. We went to http://www.iconfinder.com and searched for “USB” to find an appropriate .iko file that can be used as an icon for the shortcut and downloaded a free icon file.
Badilisha Aikoni ya Mkato
To change the icon for the new shortcut, right-click on the new shortcut and select Mali kutoka kwa orodha ya popup.
The Mali dialog box displays. Make sure the Njia ya mkato tab is active and click the Badilisha Icon button.
The Badilisha Icon dialog box displays. To select a different icon, click the kuvinjari button.
Mwingine Badilisha Icon dialog box displays for selecting an icon file. Navigate to where you saved the .iko file you downloaded, or to the location of the .icl, exe, Au dll file containing the desired icon. Select the file and click Open.
You are returned to the Badilisha Icon dialog box and the icon file you selected displays in the box. If you selected a file containing multiple icons (.icl, .exe, .dll), all the icons in that file display in the box. Click on the desired icon and click OK.
The icon displays at the top of the Njia ya mkato tab juu ya Mali sanduku la mazungumzo.
Create Keyboard Shortcut
You can also add a keyboard shortcut to run the shortcut you created. To do this, click the mouse in the Njia ya njia ya mkato edit box on the Njia ya mkato tab juu ya Mali dialog box. Press the keys for the keyboard shortcut you want to use. The keys are automatically entered into the edit box.
Bonyeza OK ili kufungwa Mali sanduku la mazungumzo.
The shortcut with the custom icon is available on the desktop.
Double-click the shortcut to quickly access the Safisha Undoa Vifaa sanduku la mazungumzo.
If you want to access the Safisha Undoa Vifaa dialog box with only one click, you can pin the new shortcut to the Taskbar. To do this, right-click the shortcut on the desktop and select Bonyeza kwa Taskbar kutoka kwa orodha ya popup.
The shortcut is now available on the Taskbar. Simply click it once to access the Safisha Undoa Vifaa sanduku la mazungumzo.
VIDOKEZO: Remember you can also use the keyboard shortcut you defined for the shortcut.
You can create this shortcut in Windows 10 as well. It’s a little bit of work to setup, but it saves time when you have to eject USB devices from your computer. Enjoy!