I sometime find that my “Safely Remove Hardware” that I often use to eject my USB connected devices (iPod, USB Stick, External Hard Disk, etc) often disappears (don’t ask!). This is a post to share how I worked around this quirky Windows behaviour.
Create a shortcut, say on your desktop, with the following command:
%windir%\system32\RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll
And give it a name that makes sense to you and click “Finish”.
Double-click it when you need to eject a USB device. It’s that simple.
Command-line lovers using Launchy will find this shortcut particularly handy. Place it in a folder that Launchy is watching (E.g you Start menu or the Desktop) and use away!
It has since become my favourite way of doing this :)