Windows 10: disable safely remove hardware icon

is there a way to permanently disable that annoying icon?

most of the posts i have read only says how to hide it...

:)

 

Safely remove hardware icon

Hi Cynthia,

For us to properly isolate the missing "Safely Remove Hardware icon" issue, we would like to know the following:

• Were there any changes made on your computer prior to the issue (e.g., updates, software installation)?
• When did the issue first begin?
• To make sure that we have not missed on anything, what troubleshooting steps have you done so far?

Normally, this icon isn’t missing and it’s most likely hidden in your Taskbar. To reveal this icon, you may click the arrow in the bottom right corner to show more sysbar icons. If it is available, you may pin it to your Taskbar by following the steps below:

• Connect a USB flash drive or any other removable storage to your PC.
• Click the arrow in the bottom right corner to expand the sysbar section.
• Now locate Safely Remove Hardware icon and drag it to your Taskbar.

We look forward to your response.

 

Safely remove hardware icon

Michael Gall,

I am having the same problem as Cynthia after updating Windows 10 this morning. The Safely Remove Hardware Icon does not appear on the taskbar or in Hidden Icons space. It was on the taskbar before today's update. How do I get it back?

 

Do you not use USB Thumb Drives or camera memory cards in a Reader? That feature is for data protection, keeps one from prematurely removing those type drives which is pretty much guarantee to corrupt either the file Windows or programs is working with or corrupting the whole drive. In comparison to the problems that could be caused having the icon is quite minor.

 

i use 2x usb nano flashdrives... been using them for about 3 years without using the icon.. is there a way to disable it?

 

No there is not. Just hide it like everyone else does.

 

Save this as a .bat file and run it, you'll also need to put a copy of it in your Startup Folder or the icon will return every restart.

Code: reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\SysTray" /v "Services" /t reg_dword /d 29 /f systray[/quote]

 

I'm a bit puzzled by this thread. Something tells me I'm missing something basic here. I'm not going to have any answer for any question asked in this thread, but I would at least like to understand what is being discussed.

I've heard of disabling a task, service, etc. but not disabling an icon. Hide the icon, yes, but not disable it. Do you want to disable the function invoked by the icon? Not a good idea if you even want to remove a device with cached data.

Or are you saying that this icon sometimes pops up unbidden and you want to prevent that? If that's the case, I would wonder what prompts it to be displayed.

 

Yes the icons for system services will come back when Microsoft pushes an update that can fix security risks or removes old code from the OS. The icon takes up maybe a bit or two sitting on the task area doing nothing. If you are looking at increasing available memory by thinking that disabling services can help, you are talking maybe 15 meg at most, which is going to be nothing.

 

As flash drives are configured for 'Quick Removal, by default, I think the OP simply wants to get rid of the icon using up 'real estate' in their system tray.

 

Which can easily be done by just not displaying it. I guess I don't see the problem.

 

Totally agreed. Make them disappear and no harm. I had one person who would hide the clock, so that they did not sit there and clock watch when waiting for work to be pushed out to be worked on.

I have zero task bars showing on my Macbook. I found that it is a lot cleaner and that if I need to check on something, it is slide the cursor up. I got so used to having the taskbar showing with Windows and Linux GUI's, that just making one simple change like this, has made me into a believer that more real estate is always better. Especially if you are working in full screen mode with apps.

 

Maybe they don't want it in the 'drawer' either.

 

yes precisely.. my usb flashdrives are set to quick removal so there is no reason for the icon to be there...

this is what happens... the icon appears in the notification area for a few seconds when i load into windows... then a pop-up screen appears on my desktop and disappears again after a few seconds... then the icon disappears as well.. so it works but its not a perfect solution i guess.. but thanks

 

todd24, the whole reason of the Eject is to stop the write process, so that the sticks do not get corrupted or have a possible voltage short if the bus does not drop the 5 volts. Pulling them out before the OS is ready to release the Read or Write state, is just going to cause problems.