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168} How do I invoke Safely Remove Hardware using a cmd script?
Usually
the notification area
includes the following icon
However, that icon sometimes disappears. In that case safely to remove
hardware, and to get the icon back, you can use
@echo off & setlocal enableextensions
echo RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll
:_ask
set ask_=
set /p ask_="Run this script to Safely Remove Hardware [N/y]?"
if /i "%ask_%"=="n" goto :EOF
if /i "%ask_%"=="" goto :EOF
if /i not "%ask_%"=="y" goto _ask
RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll
endlocal & goto :EOF
An appropriate icon for the script is given by
Something like the following will pop up
On Windows 10
Assorted NT/2000/XP/.. CMD.EXE Script Tricks
