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USB Safely Remove - is a neat and reliable replacement for the standard 'Safely Remove Hardware' tool with unique feature "Return Device Back!" and an ability to know what prevent a device from being stopped. The program saves time and extends abilities of active users of hot-plug devices (USB, SATA, FireWire, PCMCIA).

A handy menu to stop devices

The main disadvantage of using built-in Windows safe removal tool is that in case of having several hot-plug devices it is quite difficult to recognize a needed to stop device - the most devices have the same name - "USB mass storage device". In addition, Windows does not let you hide a device you would not want to stop from the menu.
USB Safely Remove saves you from these problems and offers an original and multifunctional stopping menu, which displays actual device names with icons. Using this menu you can find and stop a device in a snap!
Hide device from the menu
Also this menu allows you to:

The device cannot be stopped right now. Why?

Ever encountered the situation when Windows does not allow you to remove a device? Unlike Windows, USB Safely Remove will show you programs which prevent the device from being stopped and let you close these programs or just files they opened on the device.
The device cannot be stopped

Keyboard shortcuts to safe removal

Like to do everything using the keyboard? Now you can stop and view devices with only ONE hotkey! No need to remember keyboard shortcuts for each device. Being in any application, press the key combination (Win+S by default) and you will see the stop menu. Use the Up\Down 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 disks. Also you can assign a dedicated hotkey to stop a certain device.
One stop hotkey

Launching Programs On Device Connection\Disconnection

Unlike other similar programs USB Safely Remove has a powerful feature to launch any applications before device stopping, after device stopping and even after device removal and of course on device connection. While others (including integrated Windows autorun manager) allow to launch programs only on device connection. This functionality let you backup your portable hard drive before its disconnection, automatically dismount TrueCrypt encrypted flash drive on its ejection, automatically check external connected drive with your antivirus program and etc.

Also unlike integrated into Windows autorun feature USB Safely Remove's autorun completely protected from autorun viruses, because the program saves all the settings in the machine registry rather than on a device.

Key features of USB Safely Remove "autorun":
  1. The program can be assigned to launch on a specific device as well as it can be assigned to launch on connection\disconnection of all visible devices by USB Safely Remove.
  2. Predefined command line templates for some popular applications.
    You can assign listed below applications to autorun in a one mouse click:
    Browsing a drive in TotalCommander;
    Browsing a drive in Explorer;
    Mounting\Dismounting a TrueCrypt volume;
    Scanning a device drive with an antivirus;
    Copying files from\to an external drive.
  3. A handy interface allows you to create command line to launch an application with easy
  4. Unlimited number of applications to auto launch
  5. Programs assigned to launch on device connection can be auto launched on Windows startup.
Local Autorun Window

Command line to safe removal

USB Safely Remove has a powerful and convenient command line: usr.exe. It allows you to automate work with any devices. For example, you can automatically stop devices according to schedule or in case of any other event. In addition the command line tool of "USB Safely Remove" allows to "return device back".
Command line

Working with any hot-plug devices - USB, SATA, FireWire, PCMCIA

Another important difference between the program and the standard Safely Remove Hardware icon is the possibility to see and stop any kinds of hotplug devices. If USB Safely Remove does not display the device you need, try enabling the "Display all storage devices" checkbox in the program options.
USB, SATA, FireWire, PCMCIA logos

Stopping via "disabling"

Some kinds of external devices (e.g. SATA drives from Silicon Image), are true hot-plug devices, however their drivers does not support "safe removal" function. Such devices are not displayed in native safe removal tool and can be stopped only via disabling in Device Manager. It is a tiresome way, because it requires many actions to do, moreover you must enable the device manually after you connect it next time.

USB Safely Remove allows to stop even such devices, besides it detects automatically what devices must be "safely removed" and what must be "disabled". Also the program enables "disabled" device automatically on its next connection, thus it makes working with the device absolutely the same as with usual device.
No device manager

Ejecting memory cards rather than card reader

If you had safely removed a card reader, you would need to physically reconnect it in order to make it work with cards again (or to use "Return device back" feature of the program). In case of 2 or more memory cards connected to the card reader at the same time, they all became unavailable in the system after you stop the card reader.

USB Safely Remove lets you to eject memory cards one-by-one. Moreover, if the memory card was locked by any processes, the program would display you these "locking" processes as well as it does on failure to stop a whole device.

Hidding drives of empty card reader slots

Do you have a card reader with several slots? If you said "yes", you would likely use only one memory card at a time, however your card reader creates up to 4 drives in your system. It may be annoying because you are required to spend more time finding the memory card drive among other "empty" card reader drives.

USB Safely Remove gets rid you of this problem - the program can hide "empty" card reader drives automatically!

Return Device Back!

After you had stopped the device, but still did not unplug it, sometimes it is quite useful to return it back into the system. For example if you remembered that you forgot to write a file to the external drive. In order to do it, you have to physically reconnect the device, however sometimes it's quite inconvenient to do, e.g. if the device is connected to the rear panel of the computer.
Return device back feature
USB Safely Remove is the first Windows program that allows you to return stopped device back!


Other optional features:
  • System tray icon hiding when there are no devices to be stopped
  • Displaying volume labels instead of device names
  • Let you manage drive letters
  • Ability to mount storage devices as a NTFS folder
  • Exploring device drives in an alternative file manager (e.g. Total Commander)
  • Let you prevent Windows from assigning a specified drive letters to hot-plug devices
  • Feature to fix a drive letter for a hot-plug drive
 
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