USB Safely Remove v4.0.1.650 RC2

USB Safely Remove v4.0.1.650 RC2 USB Safely Remove is a neat and handy replacement for the standard 'Safely Remove Hardware' tool. It will make life easier and save time for those who have several hotplug (USB, SATA, Firewire) devices and those who use them extensively. Features : What makes USB Safely Remove better than the Windows 'Safely Remove Hardware' tool? The ability to hide any device from the 'stop' menu. Uses real device names and allows renaming. Keyboard shortcuts for easy device stopping. Unique menu for one-click stop. Programs autorun on device plugging/unplugging. It tells you why a device cannot be stopped immediately. Safely remove in one click The program is an original and comfortable tool for safely removing a device or for finding out what devices are connected and for viewing the contents of their drives. Just move the mouse pointer over the tray icon of the program and you will see a multi-featured 'quick stop' menu with a list of devices One mouse click on the device and it is safely removed! Get rid of unnecessary devices! Are you afraid of accidentally stopping the card reader built into your laptop or dongle? Annoyed by a SATA hard drive or an ADSL modem in the device list? Now you can hide any device from the stop menu in one step. Global keyboard shortcuts Do you like to do everything using the keyboard? Now you can stop and view devices by using just ONE hotkey! No need to remember keyboard shortcuts for each device. If you are in any application, press the key combination (Win+S by default) and you will see the stop menu. Use the UpDown arrow keys to select the device you need and either press 'Enter' to stop it or 'Ctrl+B' to view the contents of the device disk. Correct and clear device names With USB Safely Remove, you will easily find the device you need to stop because the program detects the actual names of devices. The names the manufacturer gave them. If you wish you can assign your own name and image for a device. Compare the following and you will see what solution will allow you to safely remove a flash disk without wasting your time. ... standard Windows menu... ... convenient USB Safely Remove stop menu. The device cannot be stopped right now. Why? Ever encountered the situation when Windows does not allow you to remove a device? Now this problem is solved once and for all. USB Safely Remove will show you what programs are not allowing you to stop the device and you can stop or disable them in one step. Unique technology: "Guaranteed device stop" Sometimes Windows does not allow you to remove a device even if you close all suspicious programs. This is a problem in the Windows kernel which most often occurs in Windows XP. In most cases USB Safely Remove will allow you to safely stop the device without losing any data. This means that now you can absolutely rest assured about the safety of your data. Notifications about connected and removed devices Many people feel uncomfortable when they get no respond to their actions. USB Safely Remove is completely devoid of this problem. The program shows a notification bubble containing the drive letter assigned to the device not only after the device is disconnected, but also after it is connected. Thus you will always know whether Windows has successfully recognized the device and it can be used. Starting programs after connecting and before removing a device Another USB Safely Remove feature that distinguishes it from similar software is its ability to not only start an application after connecting a device, but also before removing it. This feature allows you to back up data before disconnecting a removable hard drive, to run 'Total Commander' with the contents of the drive on the connected flash disk, automatically unmount an encrypted TrueCrypt drive before disconnecting the USB media, etc. Automating work with devices USB Safely Remove has a powerful and convenient command line: 'usr.exe' which allows you to automate work with your devices. For example, you can automatically stop devices according to a schedule or in response to any other event. Working with any hotplug devices - USB, SATA, FireWire Another important difference between the program and the standard 'Safely Remove Hardware' icon is the possibility to see and disconnect all hotplug devices. If USB Safely Remove does not show the device immediately you need to select the "Display all storage devices" checkbox in the USB Safely Remove settings. What's new in USB Safely Remove 4.0? Ability to eject card reader memory cards If you safely remove a card reader, then you need to physically reconnect it, in order for a card reader to read memory cards. In case if you have an integrated card reader it requires computer restart. USB Safely Remove 4.0 allows you to disconnect only required memory card. Meanwhile, card reader can work with another memory cards, without its reconnection. Drive letters management Now you can change a drive letter of a USB device directly from the program. Moreover, you can change volume label, or mount drive as folder of a fixed drive. Exploring a device drive in alternative file manager In the program options you can choose a way of exploring a device's drive - using Windows Explorer, or using your favourite file manager, ie Total Commander. Mount point support Do you know that you can mount your USB storage devices as a folder of a fixed drive, not only as a drive letter? In spite of this feature is supported by Windows starting from NT4 version, it's not used actively by Windows users, because it's deep hidden (therewith, native safe removal doesn't support this feature in full). USB Safely Remove allows you to mount your USB storages as a folder of a fixed drive, as well as fully supports those devices disconnection. Improved interface Ability to enabledisable the stop menu autopopup Width of the stop menu is changed according to width of devices names. Hiding drives of empty card reader slots! Most of the card readers makes a drive for every slot even if it doesn't contain a memory card. Those who uses only one or two memory cards at the same time, might dislike this behaviour. New version of the program allows you to get rid of this problem - you will only see those drives of the card reader where memory cards are connected. Quote:Homepage (Size: 2.9 MB) Download Quote: