Q: I do not know exactly when it happened, but somehow the “Safely Remove Hardware” icon does not appear in my parents computer. It is not just hidden – in fact the whole “Hide inactive icons” taskbar feature is turned off – its really MIA. Ive tried every setting I could think of, but I can not get to come back, or at least to return to stay. I tried switching over at safelyremove.com Icon remover program, it puts the icon back, but it will not continue after I restart the computer. Disconnect and reconnect USB hardware will not return, either. I have no idea what causes it or how to fix it. Tips?
Oh yes, to repeat: it is not hidden on the taskbar, its actually missing. Yes, I have the hidden icons. No, its not.
Re:If you recently disabled write caching on all the potentially removeable storage devices, Windows may have decided it doesn't need the system tray applet anymore.
Re:Originally posted by: guy
I'm not sure exactly when it happened, but somehow the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon stopped showing up on my folks' computer. It's not just hidden — in fact the entire "hide inactive icons" taskbar feature has been disabled — it's actually MIA. I've tried every setting I could think of but I can't get it to come back, or at least to stay back. I tried toggling the Icon Remover program over at safelyremove.com; it brings the icon back, but it won't stay after I restart the computer. Unplugging and re-plugging USB hardware doesn't bring it back either. I have no clue what's causing it or how to fix it. Suggestions?
Oh yes, to reiterate: it's not hidden on the taskbar, it's actually missing. Yes, I checked the hidden icons. No, it isn't there.
Dumb question: You do actually have a hot-swappable or removable storage device plugged in, yes?
Re:If you find the answer, post it. Most threads on this subject ask how to get rid of the damned thing.
Re:I know but there were so many different variables that could cause this issue that I figured it would be easier for you to read suggestions from people who had the same experience instead of me asking questions and then responding;)
Re:The command brings up the "Safely Remove Hardware" window, but the icon doesn't return.
I've Googled that same text before. 
Re:Try running this command:
%windir%\system32\RUNDLL32 shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll
There is several possible reasons for this.
http://www.google.com/search?q=safely+r…client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US (http://www.google.com/search?q=safely+remove+hardware+icon+missing&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US):official
Re:Originally posted by: guy
Did you install or do anything to your system recently (spyware scan counts).
Does your device manager show any ? marks?In order:
Not that I'm aware of, but I can't be sure. (I'm not over at the folks' place much)
No.
Re:Did you install or do anything to your system recently (spyware scan counts).
Does your device manager show any ? marks?
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