disable safely remove hardware icon

todd24 · 27 Aug 2016

is there a way to permanently disable that annoying icon?

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

Berton · 27 Aug 2016

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.

todd24 · 27 Aug 2016

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

bro67 · 27 Aug 2016

todd24 said:

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.

Edwin · 27 Aug 2016

todd24 said:

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

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

pokeefe0001 · 29 Aug 2016

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.

bro67 · 29 Aug 2016

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.

Edwin · 29 Aug 2016

pokeefe0001 said:

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.

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.

pokeefe0001 · 29 Aug 2016

Edwin said:

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.

bro67 · 29 Aug 2016

pokeefe0001 said:

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.