[nprice]

Ok, tried your suggestion, no workie but good guess. I even tried creating an empty file called batmeter.dll to put in it's place after I renamed it, but moments later it was again replaced with the 28KB file. Grr...

You think this could be caused by my antivirus program or Microsoft AntiSpyware?

Thanks for the help.

[DigeratiPrime]

you might need to disable Windows File Protection.
http://unattended.ms...edfiles/wfp.htm

Alot of people here use unattended windows cd's that already have these tweaks by default, hence why i forgot to mention them. I'll update if i find a way of getting around this.

[EDIT] If this dll is disabled you will not be able to access power options in the control panel.

This post has been edited by DigeratiPrime: 09 June 2005 - 01:46 PM

[Tzeb]

Hi there
Sorry for bringing this up again....
If i rename batmeter.dll to batmeter.bak, the volume icon from taskbar is also gone.
Any workaround this?

[AmphetaMarinE]

Tzeb, on Jan 19 2006, 12:49 AM, said:

Hi there
Sorry for bringing this up again....
If i rename batmeter.dll to batmeter.bak, the volume icon from taskbar is also gone.
Any workaround this?

You should really leave your battery meter alone....
Here is an installer I made using the HideSRHi.exe posted earlier...
to work around the problem of it loading to early, I just call it using vbscript and a 5second wait....
Open the install dir and edit HideSRHi.vbs if you need to change this wait time... (Mainly for slower PCs)

This post has been edited by AmphetaMarinE: 22 January 2006 - 08:35 AM

[Tzeb]

Thanks, it works.
I probably disabled windows script host because i get "windows script host is disabled on this machine". I got around this by unchecking HideSRHi.vbs in msconfig and running HideSRHi.exe at startup.

[colore]

how do I remove this icon and at the same time be able to use it if I want?

[jonscaife]

If you have an nForce board and you're using S-ATA, and your HDD is the only device which is listed in the "safely remove hardware" list and you have no plans to hot-swap your HDD then you can disable the removable option in the registry

see http://www.pcdoctor-...rdpress/?p=3079

presumably this would work for other devices as well, but for other devices like USB pens and card readers, its fairly important that they ARE removable.

[mauzertim]

For everybody who has concerned by these problems and still was annoyed by them, I'd like to recommend handy tool that solve this problems - USBSafelyRemove. It fully replaces standart Safely Remove Hardware icon. Using it you can control icon visibility, remove devices you never need to stop, see programms locked your device and don't allow you to safely remove it. Also there are some very useful features like global hotkey for stopping the devices.

This post has been edited by mauzertim: 13 June 2007 - 12:38 PM

[Sonic]

mauzertim, on Jun 13 2007, 08:36 PM, said:

For everybody who has concerned by these problems and still was annoyed by them, I'd like to recommend handy tool that solve this problems - USBSafelyRemove. It fully replaces standart Safely Remove Hardware icon. Using it you can control icon visibility, remove devices you never need to stop, see programms locked your device and don't allow you to safely remove it. Also there are some very useful features like global hotkey for stopping the devices.

Warning ! promote software product in your first post can be a reason to ban you ... btw, welcome !

[Hockeyboy08]

Hey guys. Sorry to bump this thread but I'm also having this same problem. I downloaded the software from: http://www.safelyremove.com/ and it works great to remove the icon in the tray but my problem is that it is only a 30 day trial and I really don't know if it is worth it to buy it just to remove some icon which is really annoying.

I know it's not right but I'd really apperciate if anybody has a key code for that program. The Safely remove icon is just so annoying and I really want to get rid of it. Maybe there is an old version of USB Safely Remove from that site I can download which is free? If no body has or wants to give me a serial, does anybody have any suggestions or steps I can use to get rid of this Safely Remove Hardware Icon?

Thanks.

[thebigbluecan]

Shotgun, on Jan 2 2005, 01:01 PM, said:

ripken204, on Jan 1 2005, 12:41 PM, said:

that just explains wut the icon does, and also i want to find a way to completely remove it, i dont want to hide it, i do have a program that will get rid of it but i have to click it every time i log on and that gets annoying.

If you completely remove it, how are you going to unplug usb devices that are not hot-swappable?

BTW, you haven't specified if you are the ONLY person that's going to use that PC you want to remove the safe-remove icon.

He can Right click things like thumdrives in "My Computer" and select "Safely Remove"

[Philipz]

red_house, on Jan 2 2005, 04:54 AM, said:

I have the same icon, I've had it for 11 months now. I chose the "Always Hide" option in Customise Taskbar and I haven't seen it since (Yes it's still there - I just checked, still there, still hidden, still totally out of sight). You could do the same - it's quite simple. I've already explained how to do it, in a previous post!

This is quite true, but it is showing my RAID configuration as a device in the list (actually shows as SCSI although I'm not using SCSI drives). What I would like to know is if this is a SiliconImage driver issue I should reinstall with different drivers...

[trickytwista]

wow another 1 year old thread opened lol...if you read the other posta the answer will be there..cheers

[dennis123123]

Sorry for a little bump again, but I felt this was relevant enough.

People had problems with the icon not appearing before the (previously linked) removal tool ran on startup.
I had the same, so I rewrote the same program in C++. It compiles to 5.5kb

Heres the code:

 
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <windows.h>
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    if (argc==2) Sleep(atoi(argv[1]));
    NOTIFYICONDATA nid = {0};
    nid.hWnd = FindWindow("SystemTray_Main", NULL);
    nid.uID = 1226;
    Shell_NotifyIcon(NIM_DELETE, &nid);
}
 

Simply place a startup shortcut to it, and optionally add to the parameters the time in milliseconds to wait before removal.

For example:

"hidesrh.exe 5000"
would wait 5 seconds, then hide the icon.

"hidesrh.exe"
would instantly hide the icon.

EDIT: someone requested a compiled version of my app, its here:  hidesrh__dennis123123_.zip (3.28K)
Number of downloads: 126

This post has been edited by dennis123123: 15 December 2008 - 03:22 PM

[mortynation]

dennis123123, on Jul 11 2008, 05:59 PM, said:

EDIT: someone requested a compiled version of my app, its here: hidesrh_...s123123_.zip

OMG.. Works like a charm on XP.. can't wait to test it at my Vista machine. I have been looking for a solution in a long time.

This is absolutely the best solution. THANKS!!!!

[bill857]

Thanks dennis this worked perfectly!

[jiljung]

Work Thank

[Slycer]

Want to bump this because it deserves it. Thank you Dennis, great tool!!