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 Safely Remove Hardware 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 Safely Remove Hardware 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 từ trình đơn bật lên.
Sản phẩm Create Shortcut dialog box displays. Copy and paste the following line into the Gõ vị trí của mục edit box. Click Sau.
RunDll32.exe shell32.dll, Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll
Enter a name for the shortcut in the Nhập tên cho shortcut này chỉnh sửa hộp và bấm Kết thúc.
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 . Ico file that can be used as an icon for the shortcut and downloaded a free icon file.
Thay đổi biểu tượng phím tắt
To change the icon for the new shortcut, right-click on the new shortcut and select Bất động sản từ trình đơn bật lên.
Sản phẩm Bất động sản dialog box displays. Make sure the phím tắt tab is active and click the Change Icon .
Sản phẩm Change Icon dialog box displays. To select a different icon, click the Xem .
Một Change Icon dialog box displays for selecting an icon file. Navigate to where you saved the . Ico file you downloaded, or to the location of the . ICL, Exe., hoặc là DLL. file containing the desired icon. Select the file and click Mở.
Bạn được trả lại cho Change 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 phím tắt tab trên Bất động sản hộp thoại.
Create Keyboard Shortcut
You can also add a keyboard shortcut to run the shortcut you created. To do this, click the mouse in the Phím tắt edit box on the phím tắt tab trên Bất động sản dialog box. Press the keys for the keyboard shortcut you want to use. The keys are automatically entered into the edit box.
Nhấp chuột OK để đóng Bất động sản hộp thoại.
The shortcut with the custom icon is available on the desktop.
Double-click the shortcut to quickly access the Safely Remove Hardware hộp thoại.
Nếu bạn muốn truy cập Safely Remove Hardware 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 Ghim vào Thanh tác vụ từ trình đơn bật lên.
The shortcut is now available on the Taskbar. Simply click it once to access the Safely Remove Hardware hộp thoại.
LƯU Ý: 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!