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AutoEject Pstart on Exit

PStart store portable application shortcut in usb stick.Everytime we want to unplug the usbstick we must exit our PStart first.Now reduce 2 work into 1 work.
Easy and more simple guide. No confusing script and the ejecting will work on both Admin rights and No admin rights
Cool huh,

Guide
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1.Download RemoveDrive from Uwe Sieber 2. Insert RemoveDrive.exe into your usb stick.. this can be in any place


3.Make a shortcut for RemoveDrive.exe in your PStart menu



4. Right click and choose edit



5. In General tab, insert %pdrive% under the Command line parameters



6. Go to Advanced tab, on Autorun, choose on exit



7. Done.. was that hard?

More explaination?
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In step [6], the RemoveDrive.exe will execute after the PStart exit.
In step [5], those parameter is enough to make it work but you can add more RemoveDrive parameters as you like. Read the RemoveDrive Readme for more info.

Usage:
RemoveDrive DriveSpec: [-l][-h][-w:nnnn]

DriveSpec: is the drive to remove, e.g. U:
[-l] loop until success
[-b] let Windows show the "it's save now" balloon tip
[-h] show open handles (admin rights required, exprimental, may freeze!)
[-w:nnnn] wait nnnn milliseconds before close
[-d] show debug information

Below is the screenshort for my parameters

How it work?
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RemoveDrive.exe will copy itself into the temp folder, ejecting your pendrive correspond the the parameter you had
set and delete itself in the temp folder.

Have a nice day

Hi crownixx,

Very nice guide! I had just implemented RemoveDrive a week or two before you posted this. However, I use a command line script that is run upon exitting PStart, which first copies RemoveDrive.exe to %tmp%, runs it from there and finally deletes it. I'm missing this in your guide, still you state

RemoveDrive.exe will copy itself into the temp folder, ejecting your pendrive correspond the the parameter you had
set and delete itself in the temp folder.

Am I overlooking something or did you forget something?

you miss the removedrive readme..it can copy itself to the temp folder

Returns Errorlevels:
4 - RemoveDrive.exe located on the drive to remove -> temporary copy created and executed

Aha! That is very useful, thanks!

Hi crownixx,

Excellent job! Thanks!

you're welcome
credits to uwe-sieber making this great tiny app,
and PStart coz making this %pdrive% parameter..make our live easy

Nice...
Question though, whats the Close All Windows app?

aah, that one is another helper lazy tools for me before ejecting my thumbdrive. get it here
http://www.ntwind.com/software/utilities/close-all.html

This tool helps you to close all running applications with one click. It does not use system resources because it only flashes a ‘close’ signal to all open windows on the desktop and then ceases.