I have a lot of external drives connected to my computer (Windows 7 Ultimate) and am contently connecting and disconnecting external cards and devices and sometimes I have up to 22 connected devices.
When I need to safely disconnect a device and open the "safely remove device" list, the devices are listed in no logical order (image attached) and I have to spend precious seconds searching for the device I need to disconnect. A few seconds are not a lot but it's frustrating doing this many times a day.
Does anyone know a way to have the list sorted either alphabetically or at least in the order they were connected?
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Re: Sorting the "remove devices" list
I don't know how to change the list, but not all devices need approval to be removed. The Help and Support section talks about this. There may also be an option in device manager as to how an external device is treated which might make it removal without going through the icon.
Another suggestion might be to open Computer and right click the device and select eject. Also discussed in the help section.
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Operating System Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Computer Type Desktop OS Service Pack SP1 Internet Explorer Version 9 CPU Type and Speed Intel Core i7 920 2.67GHz Hyper-threaded(8) Motherboard Chipset Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. EX58-EXTREME System BIOS Revision F13 System Memory Type Kingston Video Card Type and Speed NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT Computer Monitor 3 X LG W2486 24.0"
Sound Card Realtek HD Speakers Creative Headset/Microphone Sennheiser Hard Drive 40 TB Optical Drives 2 X PIONEER BD-RW BDR-205 SCSI Modem-Router Type Microsoft Network Adapter Realtek Anti-virus Software Nod32 Computer Skill Level Self-Taught Expert Windows Experience Index 5.9 Favorite Application My personal created ones!