hardware notification "Robert J. Lafayette" <xyz1234[ at ]msn.invalid> 6/22/2007 10:11:58 PM XP Home, SP 2, used to be in the system tray an icon telling me that plug and play hardware was installed or connected usually via USB port or hub. That icon has stopped showing itself, about three days now, and now before I unplug a device I must go to Device Manager and disable the device in effect manually. How can I get the icon back to disable plug and play devices? Thank you, Robert

Re: hardware notification "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh[ at ]XOX.mvps.org> 6/23/2007 2:24:43 PM Hi Robert, Are you referring to the Balloon Tips, or the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon. Both of them appear in the Notification area. (aka "System Tray".) To re-enable balloon tips, delete the "EnableBalloonTips" value in the following registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced For more information, check this article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307729 (That article tells how to *disable* balloon tips. So you need to follow the reverse of what the article says, in order to re-enable the balloop tips.) -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com "Robert J. Lafayette" <xyz1234[ at ]msn.invalid> wrote in message news:OhPr6sRtHHA.1728[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... XP Home, SP 2, used to be in the system tray an icon telling me that plug and play hardware was installed or connected usually via USB port or hub. That icon has stopped showing itself, about three days now, and now before I unplug a device I must go to Device Manager and disable the device in effect manually. How can I get the icon back to disable plug and play devices? Thank you, Robert

Re: hardware notification "Tony Luxton" <s.a.luxtonDELETETHIS[ at ]talk21.com> 6/23/2007 5:11:05 PM Hi Robert, Next time you want to unplug something, click "start, run" and type the following: RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll This will bring up the "Safely remove Hardware" dialogue. After you've unplugged the device, you should notice the icon has come back. Alternatively (and I like this better), you could create a shortcut with the same command and put it (say) in your start menu. HTH Tony. "Robert J. Lafayette" <xyz1234[ at ]msn.invalid> wrote in message news:OhPr6sRtHHA.1728[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > XP Home, SP 2, > > used to be in the system tray an icon telling me that plug and play > hardware was installed or connected usually via USB port or hub. > > > That icon has stopped showing itself, about three days now, > > and now before I unplug a device I must go to Device Manager and disable > the device in effect manually. > > How can I get the icon back to disable plug and play devices? > > > Thank you, > Robert >

Re: hardware notification "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" <franksaunders[ at ]mvps.org> 6/25/2007 10:21:23 AM "Robert J. Lafayette" <xyz1234[ at ]msn.invalid> wrote in message news:OhPr6sRtHHA.1728[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > XP Home, SP 2, > > used to be in the system tray an icon telling me that plug and play > hardware was installed or connected usually via USB port or hub. > > > That icon has stopped showing itself, about three days now, > > and now before I unplug a device I must go to Device Manager and disable > the device in effect manually. > > How can I get the icon back to disable plug and play devices? Click the left pointing arrow next to the tray icons. -- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM Do not send mail.

Re: hardware notification "Robert J. Lafayette" <xyz1234[ at ]msn.invalid> 6/25/2007 6:03:12 PM Thank you, this works "RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll" Robert "Tony Luxton" <s.a.luxtonDELETETHIS[ at ]talk21.com> wrote in message news:5e52juF36o203U1[ at ]mid.individual.net... [Quoted Text] > Hi Robert, > > Next time you want to unplug something, click "start, run" and type the > following: > > RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll > > This will bring up the "Safely remove Hardware" dialogue. After you've > unplugged the device, you should notice the icon has come back. > > Alternatively (and I like this better), you could create a shortcut with > the same command and put it (say) in your start menu. > > HTH Tony. > > "Robert J. Lafayette" <xyz1234[ at ]msn.invalid> wrote in message > news:OhPr6sRtHHA.1728[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> XP Home, SP 2, >> >> used to be in the system tray an icon telling me that plug and play >> hardware was installed or connected usually via USB port or hub. >> >> >> That icon has stopped showing itself, about three days now, >> >> and now before I unplug a device I must go to Device Manager and disable >> the device in effect manually. >> >> How can I get the icon back to disable plug and play devices? >> >> >> Thank you, >> Robert >> > >

Re: hardware notification "Tony Luxton" <s.a.luxtonDELETETHIS[ at ]talk21.com> 6/25/2007 11:40:31 PM You're welcome! Thanks for posting back. Regards Tony. "Robert J. Lafayette" <xyz1234[ at ]msn.invalid> wrote in message news:uACQaM1tHHA.2108[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > Thank you, > > this works > > "RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll" > > > Robert > > > > > > > > > > "Tony Luxton" <s.a.luxtonDELETETHIS[ at ]talk21.com> wrote in message > news:5e52juF36o203U1[ at ]mid.individual.net... >> Hi Robert, >> >> Next time you want to unplug something, click "start, run" and type the >> following: >> >> RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll >> >> This will bring up the "Safely remove Hardware" dialogue. After you've >> unplugged the device, you should notice the icon has come back. >> >> Alternatively (and I like this better), you could create a shortcut with >> the same command and put it (say) in your start menu. >> >> HTH Tony. >> >> "Robert J. Lafayette" <xyz1234[ at ]msn.invalid> wrote in message >> news:OhPr6sRtHHA.1728[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >>> XP Home, SP 2, >>> >>> used to be in the system tray an icon telling me that plug and play >>> hardware was installed or connected usually via USB port or hub. >>> >>> >>> That icon has stopped showing itself, about three days now, >>> >>> and now before I unplug a device I must go to Device Manager and disable >>> the device in effect manually. >>> >>> How can I get the icon back to disable plug and play devices? >>> >>> >>> Thank you, >>> Robert >>> >> >> > >

Re: hardware notification "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh[ at ]XOX.mvps.org> 6/26/2007 6:12:37 AM Or "CONTROL HOTPLUG.DLL" -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com "Robert J. Lafayette" <xyz1234[ at ]msn.invalid> wrote in message news:uACQaM1tHHA.2108[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... Thank you, this works "RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll" Robert "Tony Luxton" <s.a.luxtonDELETETHIS[ at ]talk21.com> wrote in message news:5e52juF36o203U1[ at ]mid.individual.net... [Quoted Text] > Hi Robert, > > Next time you want to unplug something, click "start, run" and type the > following: > > RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll > > This will bring up the "Safely remove Hardware" dialogue. After you've > unplugged the device, you should notice the icon has come back. > > Alternatively (and I like this better), you could create a shortcut with > the same command and put it (say) in your start menu. > > HTH Tony. > > "Robert J. Lafayette" <xyz1234[ at ]msn.invalid> wrote in message > news:OhPr6sRtHHA.1728[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> XP Home, SP 2, >> >> used to be in the system tray an icon telling me that plug and play >> hardware was installed or connected usually via USB port or hub. >> >> >> That icon has stopped showing itself, about three days now, >> >> and now before I unplug a device I must go to Device Manager and disable >> the device in effect manually. >> >> How can I get the icon back to disable plug and play devices? >> >> >> Thank you, >> Robert >> > >

Re: hardware notification "Tony Luxton" <s.a.luxtonDELETETHIS[ at ]talk21.com> 6/27/2007 11:36:30 PM Well I'm darned - never knew that! :-) Tony. "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh[ at ]XOX.mvps.org> wrote in message news:uOf24j7tHHA.3544[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... Or "CONTROL HOTPLUG.DLL" -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com "Robert J. Lafayette" <xyz1234[ at ]msn.invalid> wrote in message news:uACQaM1tHHA.2108[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... Thank you, this works "RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll" Robert "Tony Luxton" <s.a.luxtonDELETETHIS[ at ]talk21.com> wrote in message news:5e52juF36o203U1[ at ]mid.individual.net... [Quoted Text] > Hi Robert, > > Next time you want to unplug something, click "start, run" and type the > following: > > RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll > > This will bring up the "Safely remove Hardware" dialogue. After you've > unplugged the device, you should notice the icon has come back. > > Alternatively (and I like this better), you could create a shortcut with > the same command and put it (say) in your start menu. > > HTH Tony. > > "Robert J. Lafayette" <xyz1234[ at ]msn.invalid> wrote in message > news:OhPr6sRtHHA.1728[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> XP Home, SP 2, >> >> used to be in the system tray an icon telling me that plug and play >> hardware was installed or connected usually via USB port or hub. >> >> >> That icon has stopped showing itself, about three days now, >> >> and now before I unplug a device I must go to Device Manager and disable >> the device in effect manually. >> >> How can I get the icon back to disable plug and play devices? >> >> >> Thank you, >> Robert >> > >