Hide Safely Remove Hardware

[Innes]

This is for Windows XP

Hide The SRH Icon In Tray
1. Make certain the system restore service is disabled (how to do this is below)
2. Go to C:\Windows\System32
3. Find batmeter.dll and rename it to batmeter.bak (You may have to turrn off hiding file extensions in folder options)
4. If any system file protection crap pops up, click cancel
5. Restart your computer

Turn off system restore service
1. Select Start followed by Control Panel, and double-click the System icon. Then:
2. Click the System Restore tab on the System dialog box
3. To enable, clear the Turn off System Restore check box
4. To disable, select the Turn off System Restore check box
5. Click OK when done

How to access the SRH dialog when its hidden
1. Go to Start > Run
2. Type in;

%windir%\System32\RUNDLL32.EXE shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll

3. Press enter

~OR~

1. Right Click the desktop > New > Create shortcut
2. Type in the below thing in the code box
3. Name it whatever (I suggest SRH)
4. Click finish


Innes ;)

[quickshot89]

nice thread, but mine hides automatically

[Mazzy]

I have one that apears every start up, but thats due to my SATA HDD thinking its just pluged into a usb or something.

[Pirate Balloon]

Cant you just right click the taskbar and change the hide/show properties of the icons?

[Innes]

do you mean hide inactive icons? {or similar}

well that works, but SRH isnt inactive/unused