Safe Removal Hardware - restore pop-up window
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From: Gualtier Malde on 21 Jun 2010 20:44 On 6/19/2010 01.31, pÉÊzÉb wrote: > Gualtier Malde proscribed: > >> On 6/14/2010 05.36, MikeS wrote: >>> On 06/13/2010 05:08 PM, Gualtier Malde wrote: >>>> I am using XP SP3 in an ACER netbook. Previously, when I would click on >>>> the Safe Removal and Hardware for some USB device I would hear the sound >>>> and see a small window. Now the sound is played but the window doesn't >>>> show. The importance to me is that I use library wireless when on travel >>>> and have the sound turned off, so under those conditions I don't know if >>>> my safe removal was completed. >>>> >>>> How to I restore that window? >>>> Thanks - gm >>> >>> >>> There's a file that might work here, see: >>> 5. Restore Safely Remove Hardware Icon >>> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm >>> >>> >>> Restore Missing or Disappeared Safely Remove Hardware Icon >>> http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2007/12/30/restore-missing-or-disappeared-safely-remove-hardware-icon/ >>> >>> >>> >>> Take a look at the post by rbsmith2000 >>> http://www.windowsreference.com/windows-xp/fix-for-system-tray-icon-missing-in-windows-xp/ >>> >>> >>> Did any of those work? >> >> I looked at those but my problem isn't that I don't have the icon. That >> tray icon comes as soon as I plug something in. What I was concerned >> about was not getting the balloon that says the device may be removed >> safely, which usually pops up in the lower right of the screen, just above >> the tray. A Windows bubble sound is also heard. >> >> The situation now is that the sound is heard but the balloon doesn't show. >> It matters when I am using the netbook in a place where I have to be quiet >> and I have a blank in the earphone socket to shut sounds off. At those >> times I have to assume it based on other signs: the little icon disappears >> if my device was the only one, or I didn't get told I couldn't take the >> device out. >> gm >> > > Double click the icon instead, you'll get a proper window rather than a > bubble. > That happened, but /still/ it's not what I am talking about because I want the little balloon that says "USB mass storage device can be removed...". The sound is called "Windows Bubble". The window when I double click does go grey, which is one visual sign, but I can't imagine what happened to the small visual permission thingy. Thanks, though. gm |