Here is the link to download USB Disk Ejector: http://quick.mixnmojo.com/usb-disk-ejector

To stay on the safe side, always perform a security scan on internet downloads before opening them.

This is a .zip file, so you will open the application from your .zip software. It is not necessary to open the HTML document unless you simply want to do so. Double click the application.

After opening the application, it should look like this:

For this demonstration, we will focus on removing a compact Flash drive. As you scroll down the list of options, you will see that you can also work with xD, SD/MMC, MS/MS, Pro/HG, and Micro SD drives as well. You can use the utility without creating a hotkey or shortcut by highlighting the drive and pressing enter or double-clicking it.

In this example, the user wants to eject a USB Flash Memory stick from drive (K:). Highlight the drive then press enter and it is done.

To operate this from the keyboard, you can use the utility from a command line. This will allow you to pass parameters and identify which drive to eject.

Begin by passing in the /? Parameter. This will show the help dialog:

• /? Displays this message
• /SILENT Stops balloon messages from appearing when the program is run in GUI mode
• /SHOWEJECT Shows the standard now safe to remove message when a drive is ejected. This message is disabled by default
• /REMOVETHIS Ejects the drive that the program is running from. Eg if the program is run from a usb stick on drive G, then drive G would be ejected
• /REMOVELETTER Ejects the specified drive letter
• /REMOVENAME Ejects the drive with the specified name. Partial name matching is possible if a wildcard (*) is used. Eg /REMOVENAME *SANDISK would eject a drive that had sandisk in its name

These are the command line options. Test them out. The Drive in this example is Drive (K:), so the syntax used in the command line is as follows:

usb_disk_eject /removeletter K

The command line used depends on the name of the disk sometimes, so you may need to include variations of the disk name in the command line or you will receive error messages.

Creating a Shortcut

Right-click on the desktop and then select New > Shortcut. In this location box, enter the full pathway for the USB Disk Eject application file.

Click Next and assign a name to the shortcut and this will create an icon that can be kept on the desktop for easy ejection of a given drive. You can do this with any USB drive.

To create a Hotkey to the Shortcut: Right-click on the icon and open Properties. You can do this with any Shortcut, by the way. It all works the same.

Click Apply and it is done. Here, F12 is used as the hotkey, but you may choose any key or combination of keys. In Windows Vista, you can add the shortcut to the quick launch bar and use the built-in hotkey option.

Sometimes however the message Do not disconnect appears although all transfers have been finished and iTunes has been closed. But don’t worry, you can try several things to make the message do not disconnect disappear. If iTunes is still started close it and see if the message disappears. If that is not the case start it again and click on the Eject Disk icon in the lower right of the screen.

Ejecting the iPod in iTunes could already be enough to make the message do not disconnect disappear. If that is not the case you will have to do the following. The iPod is connected to your operating system and should appear in the list of connected devices.

Right-click the iPod and select Eject from the context menu. This should remove the iPod from the list of devices and thus break the connection to your operating system. If the message still appears try searching for programs in the task manager that are related to your iPod and kill the process.

If the Do not Disconnect message still appears on your iPod you could try and simply disconnect it anyways. Just make sure that nothing is running in the background that is still communicating with your iPod. It should not be a problem then.