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USB Safely Remove Changelog

What's new in USB Safely Remove 7.0.3.1317

Nov 25, 2023
  • User interface changes:
  • We have thoroughly reworked the program’s interface to make it look better on Win 10 & 11
  • Now, under Win11, the device menu has rounded corners wherever needed
  • In the lower right corner of the menu the new button is added
  • This button allows you to show the hidden devices (usually these are mice, keyboards, Bluetooth dongles and other devices that you don’t need or don’t wish to safely remove). Now you can work with these devices directly in the menu.
  • Improved behavior:
  • The menu is positioned relative to the system tray icon rather than to the right side of the screen
  • The menu toggles visibility when you click to the system tray icon
  • The menu is no longer displayed when you open the main dialog
  • Bug fix:
  • Sometimes device icon wasn’t displayed in the “unable to stop” dialog
  • The device menu could be displayed behind other applications
  • The “Help” button didn’t work in the Settings -> Device Stop tab
  • Artifacts (black strips) might be displayed on the menu after the forced stop
  • Some settings may not be restored on another machine with different locale
  • Sometimes the native safe removal icon wasn’t hidden

New in USB Safely Remove 6.4.2.1297 (Apr 28, 2021)

  • System wide device name change:
  • Now when you change the device name in the program you will see the same name in the Device Manager, the Windows drive properties and in all other programs that displays devices. A useful feature when you need to use the device in other programs.
  • Preventive flushing of disk buffers:
  • When forcibly stops the device the program now flushes the disk buffers (for storage devices) before the operation. This maximizes the data safety of your drives.
  • Improved forced stop:
  • The previous versions couldn’t forcibly stop devices consist from a drive and a virtual CD. Usually this virtual CD contains some software that allows to unlock the encrypted content of the drive. That software in turn prevents the whole drive to be safely removed. The new version allows to forcibly stop even such drives.
  • Bug fix:
  • The device menu wasn’t displayed in some multimonitor configurations
  • The device menu button (three dots) was overlapped by the Browse button when the “Display device name” option was disabled
  • In some cases technical error displayed on device stopping

New in USB Safely Remove 6.0.6.1258 (May 28, 2017)

  • Improved forced stop:
  • Now the forced stop will unlock the device in all cases where earlier versions failed: svchost, an NTFS issue (so called $Extend$RmMetadata$TxfLog isue), when some low level program like antivirus, backup locked the drive etc. Besides now the program shows even such locking processes that open a direct connection to the drive (e.g. HD Tune) without access to the file system.
  • Reworked software update notification:
  • Now when the program notifies you about an update you can either skip future notifications for this version or ask the program to remind about this update in some time.
  • Bug fixes:
  • Command line tool crashed in some cases
  • Bug report dialog displayed network error on successful connection to the server
  • Minor glitches in interface when displayed in a non English language
  • Automatic check for updates was broken, the program never did it despite the corresponding option set

New in USB Safely Remove 5.5.1.1250 (Feb 22, 2017)

  • Improvements:
  • An ability to return devices connected to USB 3.0 hub enabled back
  • The standard right click menu added to the license key field on the registration form
  • Bug fixes:
  • The "Paste" button wasn't shown in the registration form when DPI > 100%
  • On system startup the program can display "Service unavailable" message while it's active
  • Some windows had display issues on 4K displays
  • Registration reminder could be overlapped by the device menu and became difficult to close
  • In the classic Windows scheme some dialogs were displayed incorrectly
  • In the classic Windows scheme the device menu could be displayed in a wrong place or not displayed at all
  • Pressing ESC button in the warning about hidden device stopping didn't cancel the operation
  • In some rare cases error displayed on returning device back
  • The assistant service couldn't run when there are folders with the names like "C:Program" or "C:Program Files (x86)USB" on the computer
  • Couldn't test run a program in the global autorun, an error was raised
  • In rare cases an error could be displayed on program startup
  • Program had some memory leaks that caused excessive memory consumption when the program worked for a long time

New in USB Safely Remove 5.4.6.1244 (Oct 17, 2016)

  • Support for High-DPI monitors:
  • If you set your DPI setting to more than 100% the previous versions of the program displayed blurry dialogs. Now all texts in the dialogs are scaled and looks clear.
  • Usability improvements:
  • Press "Tab" key in the menu to show the main window (with the hidden device list)
  • If the program icon is in the 'additional icons' area of the systray the menu is displayed above this area (not in front of it)
  • Warning dialog is displayed on attempt to return USB3.0 device back, because this action leads the USB 3.0 hub to a temporarily disabled state
  • Multi-monitor support improvement: program dialogs are now displayed on the same monitor with the device menu
  • Hotkey to stop all devices is displayed in the tray context menu
  • The option "Notify about connected devices on system exit" is now off by default
  • Command line improvements:
  • Forced return command is added
  • Extended logging added
  • Bug fix:
  • Sometimes the program didn't display the menu or display it in an incorrect place
  • An error could be displayed after successful device stopping
  • An error could be displayed when the program is running in background
  • Program didn't delete sent error reports
  • An error could be displayed while searching for locking processes
  • An error could be displayed on device forced stopping
  • In some cases an error displayed when calling the device menu
  • Some PNG images can crash the program when loaded as device icons
  • Installer option "Don't create icon in the Start menu" were ignored
  • On white-and-black Windows color scheme some dialogs were displayed incorrectly
  • 'A' and 'B' drive letters were never assigned automatically to devices, it causes the external storage may not have a drive letter at all
  • An error could be displayed when selecting device context menu item
  • An error could be displayed on ejecting media (card reader's card or CD-ROM's media)
  • An error displayed when clicking to some parts of the device menu
  • An error might be displayed after ejecting of a card reader's card
  • The program assistant service can silently crash in some cases
  • Forced return didn't work in some cases (handles to neighbor devices weren't actually closed)
  • Could not see locking processes for devices with folder-only mount point(s)

New in USB Safely Remove 5.3.5.1228 (Jan 10, 2015)

  • Forgotten devices reminder:
  • If you forget to take out a device in the computer before you go out the program will remind you about it when you power off or log off the system. By default the feature is enabled but it can be easily disabled if it does not need.
  • Windows 10 compatibility:
  • At the moment Windows 10 is in the "developer tech preview" status, however we have tested and made the program compatible with this OS. So if you wish to play with Windows 10 USB Safely Remove will help you to manage external devices even there.
  • Forced stop improvement:
  • Some Windows services such as Distributed Link Tracking Client and Windows Search could prevent device stopping on some systems. Therefore we have added an ability to temporarily stop such services. Now in case of unsuccessful forcible stop of the device the program can stop the selected services attempt to stop the device again and activate back the services.
  • License key format change:
  • We have changed our software protection system and the license key has a new format. It means that your old license key won't be accepted and it must be converted. If you have a valid license key the program will automatically update it through the internet immediately after the installation. If you do not have an internet connection on the machine or blocked the internet access for the program with a firewall you can use this form to convert your license key. Also use this form if you wish to have a copy of your new key in your mailbox for further reinstallations of the program. Note! If your license key upgrade period has expired to this date your key will not be upgraded to the new format, but of course you can still use it with the previous releases.
  • Minor improvements:
  • Windows 8 and up: Global hotkey to call device menu is automatically assigned to Ctrl+Win+S because our default Win+S is reserved for Windows Search. On Windows 7 and previous the default hotkey is still Win+S
  • An option to never show again some message dialogs (e.g. forced stop warning) is added
  • Bugs fixed:
  • The program increased system timer frequency which might cause an increased power consumption
  • The program could crash after loading a malformed .ICO file
  • Windows 8 and up: On some systems physically removed devices were displayed on the list
  • On some configurations the program could crash on startup (then it was possible to run it manually)

New in USB Safely Remove 5.3.3.1225 (Dec 27, 2014)

  • Forgotten devices reminder:
  • If you forget to take out a device in the computer before you go out the program will remind you about it when you power off or log off the system. By default the feature is enabled but it can be easily disabled if it does not need.
  • Windows 10 compatibility:
  • At the moment Windows 10 is in the "developer tech preview" status, however we have tested and made the program compatible with this OS. So if you wish to play with Windows 10 USB Safely Remove will help you to manage external devices even there.
  • Forced stop improvement:
  • Some Windows services such as Distributed Link Tracking Client and Windows Search could prevent device stopping on some systems. Therefore we have added an ability to temporarily stop such services. Now in case of unsuccessful forcible stop of the device the program can stop the selected services attempt to stop the device again and activate back the services.
  • License key format change:
  • We have changed our software protection system and the license key has a new format. It means that your old license key won't be accepted and it must be converted. The new license keys should look like this: Q1IHARMAU3YuUjIjHXMgTGlhdAdhdWRhcwAAyAADngAAAAAAAM
  • bhsmEXbTx7xK6ewqbFAw8olGcbYUHGJNHJU1Mc86H2Cow2Cr+4
  • jRw=!@
  • Minor improvements:
  • Windows 8 and up: Global hotkey to call device menu is automatically assigned to Ctrl+Win+S because our default Win+S is reserved for Windows Search. On Windows 7 and previous the default hotkey is still Win+S
  • An option to never show again some message dialogs (e.g. forced stop warning) is added
  • Bugs fixed:
  • The program increased system timer frequency which might cause an increased power consumption
  • The program could crash after loading a malformed .ICO file
  • Windows 8 and up: On some systems physically removed devices were displayed on the list
  • On some configurations the program could crash on startup (then it was possible to run it manually)

New in USB Safely Remove 5.2.2.1204 (Mar 24, 2014)

  • Windows 8 support:
  • Several months ago Microsoft released a new version of Windows. It doesn't matter if we love it or not, but we have to support it. Therefore now USB Safely Remove has passed compatibility tests with Windows 8, furthermore we have added a nice MOdern UI-style skin, you can see it in the begin of the post. On Windows 8 it's set by default, however you can choose it in the settings on the other versions of Windows.
  • Fixing a drive letter to several removable drives:
  • Per many requests we have added an ability to fix a drive letter not only to a one drive but to the several drives on the condition that you connect them at different times. This feature might be used for backup purposes. When you connect two or more drives with the same fixed drive letter USB Safely Remove handles this case and displays a dialog that allows you to choose a temporary drive letter for the drives that weren't fixed to a letter.
  • Fixed drive letter sign in the menu:
  • A small but useful improvement for those who use fixing drive letters feature. Now when a drive is fixed to a letter a small lock sign is displayed in the row of the drive.
  • Other improvements and bug fixes:
  • Folder mount points are now displayed in a full size (not truncated)
  • Card reader drives are displayed even when the option "Display storage device volumes" is disabled
  • Skin scheme file now has usual web format of the colors
  • The SATA system drive was displayed in the list by default. Now it's displayed only when you enable the option "Display all storage devices"
  • Now the program doesn't add itself to the Windows startup on each launch, it does this when it's needed. So if you have a kind of startup monitor it won't display you warnings on each Windows startup
  • Fixed: Verbose logging was enabled by default
  • Fixed: Autorun programs called before changing drive letters (e.g. for fixed drive letters). This caused double calling of the autorun programs.
  • Fixed: The device menu might be displayed when user launched TaskManager (Win 8) or Customize tray icons dialog (Win 7, 8)
  • Fixed: some other minor bugs

New in USB Safely Remove 5.1.2.1182 (Apr 26, 2012)

  • The program device scanning mechanism was optimized for speed. Now the program scans for hardware changes more quick while loads the system less.
  • Correct version info added to all program modules
  • The "Apply" button in the options is enabled only if you change some settings
  • Bug fixed: Command line "forcedstop" command didn't work
  • Some small memory leaks. Fixed, now everything is dry :)
  • Bug fixed: The program could hang on device insertion in some cases
  • Bug fixed: The "Apply" button in the options may not apply changes in some cases
  • Bug fixed: Autorun doesn't run some DOS commands (e.g. pause, net)
  • Bug fixed: An error might happen after device settings export

New in USB Safely Remove 5.0 (Apr 26, 2012)

  • The new stopping menu:
  • The stopping menu was reworked to give you more convenience and control, especially when you have many drives. Now it's more informative and powerful like the menu in Zentimo but we tried to make it as simple as possible. Anyway there's always the options to return the look and feel of 4.x versions if you prefer it.
  • Full Unicode support:
  • Now you can choose any language supported by the program and it will be displayed correctly even if your system language is different. This is great news for people who are using non-Latin characters on their computers since they will never have issues with garbled texts in the program. If you are an English-speaking user you get no benefits from this feature... apart from you may have fun changing the program language to Arabic or Chinese. They look so cool :)
  • "Apply" button:
  • Using this button in the device properties or program options dialogs you can apply the changed settings and see how they influence the program without closing the options dialog
  • New options:
  • We analyzed your requests and added many options to configure the menu you asked us about. Now you can change the device icon size, hide or display storage device names or volume rows and etc. Those who have many storage devices might like these options since they let them reduce the space that the menu occupies on the screen.
  • Other improvements & changes:
  • Improved "Forced stop" feature. It unload dlls loaded from external drives without killing their processes
  • Added an option to return in use the fixed drive letters even if their drives are not connected now (Options -> Drive Letters -> Fixed Drive Letters List)
  • All other skins look and feel was also improved
  • Device icon storing format changed from .png to .ico
  • The program might not see devices connected to some kinds of external USB hubs. Fixed.
  • Windows 2000 is no longer supported

New in USB Safely Remove 4.7.1.1153 (Aug 5, 2011)

  • Device menu default skin improved:
  • Did some minor changes to make it looking more attractive, especially in Windows 7
  • Close button is added to our balloon notifications
  • Choose device icon dialog became resizeable
  • Bug fixes:
  • Devices connected to external USB hubs might get duplicated in the device menu
  • Sometimes a service connection error displayed on Windows startup
  • An awkward message was displayed when you attempt to load an image with unsupported format to assign to the device
  • The system tray icon might not display even if there are devices to be stopped
  • Autorun feature. The %PhysicalDeviceName% command line now contains a correct value (thus allowing you to operate e.g. TrueCrypted partitions)
  • Icons in the main program menu were accidentally removed in the previous version
  • There was no notification on card reader memory card disconnection

New in USB Safely Remove 4.6.2.1140 (Jun 27, 2011)

  • Skins support
  • Option to install for all users
  • Ability to clear all settings on uninstall
  • Partial support for Windows high DPI setting
  • New notification balloons
  • Smart device menu displaying on mouse hover
  • Improved device icon auto assigning
  • Bug fixes:
  • The program recognized some external drives as "Composite USB device" and didn’t see their drive letters.
  • The program didn't rememeber chosen installation language
  • Incorrect number of devices in the "hidden devices" link were displayed when there are more than 10 devices
  • Double click to the systray icon caused an error
  • Global autorun setup: Test launch of the process wasn't available for devices with more than one drive letters
  • Duplicate icons were added on addition of a new icon to device library
  • An error caused on attempt to fix "empty" drive letter
  • An error caused on attempt to load non existent settings file

New in USB Safely Remove 4.5.2.1111 (Jan 28, 2011)

  • Feature to save settings to file \ load settings from file added
  • New option: Hotkey to stop all devices at once
  • Option to close autorun process before device stopping added
  • Device icon library was renewed and extended
  • Language packs updated
  • Manual reference updated

New in USB Safely Remove 4.4.2.1087 (Dec 25, 2010)

  • Redesigned Icon
  • A little but nice improvement: we reworked our good old (but a bit outdated) icon that we had been using for several years, made it modern and more noticeable in the system tray. Hope you will like it.
  • ClearType And System Font Support
  • Now all USB Safely Remove's dialogs, including device menu, are displayed with a currently selected theme font with ClearType support if you enabled it.
  • Spinning down drivers after stopping in Vista & Win 7
  • When you safely remove the device in Windows XP it powers the device off – in case of a flash drive its led was switched off and in case of a portable hard drive it was spun down. But Microsoft changed this behavior in Vista and it still exists in Win 7: after you stop the device on these OSes the hard drive continue spinning and flash drive continue lighting. All modern hard drives park theirs heads automatically when you unplug them so in theory this behavior shouldn’t lead to data looses or drive damages. But in practice the hard drive usually sound strangely when you unplug them on run and this makes a hard drive owner being a bit nervous when he hears that
  • USB Safely Remove can change this behavior and make the system to power down USB ports. In order to enable this feature just answer "Yes, please" when USB Safely Remove suggests you to enable it.
  • Or go to the program settings and enable "Power off the device..." feature
  • Bug fixes and other improvements
  • Fixed: Native Windows Safely Remove Hardware icon could appear in the tray
  • Fixed: Card reader menu were displayed partially outside the screen if the taskbar is on the left of the screen
  • Fixed: Compatibilty with Windows 2000 restored
  • Option to not show the "Stop All" warning again added
  • Bosnian translation added
  • Some other UI improvements and non-significant bug-fixes

New in USB Safely Remove 4.4.1.1053 Beta 1 (Dec 8, 2010)

  • The version contains some minor bug-fixes and improvements, besides it contains one important thing: the ability to power off devices on stopping in Vista and Windows 7.
  • A bit more story on this feature. When you safely remove the device in Windows XP it powers the device off – in case off a flash drive its led was switched off and in case of a portable hard drive it was spun down. But Microsoft changed this behavior in Vista and it still exists in Win 7: after you stop the device on these OSes the hard drive continue spinning and flash drive continue lighting. All modern hard drives park their heads automatically when you unplug them so in theory this behavior shouldn’t lead to data losses or drive damages. But in practice external hard drive usually sounds strangely when you unplug it on run and this makes a hard drive owner being a bit nervous when he hears that. We have got lots of feedback requests on this feature therefore we added it to the new version.

New in USB Safely Remove 4.3.2.950 (May 10, 2010)

  • "Unable to stop" window has been reworked:
  • "Forced Stop" button became smarter, now it not only closes all files opened by the processes on the device, but it tries to close portable applications (applications that are run from the external drive you are intending to stop). USB Safely Remove sends command to close the application so they can normally stop and save their settings. If the application refuses to be closed (e.g. it displays message "Are you sure you want to exit?") you have to find the application on your desktop and close it manually, or you can bring it to the front of the desktop or just forcibly kill it.
  • Also we simplified this window interface by removing "Close programs" button. Now considering that "Forced Stop" feature became smarter, this button became useless, moreover it was confusing and a bit unsafe as pressing it could lead to closing of some important processes (e.g. your whole desktop in case if Explorer were opened on the removable drive). However we still leave the ability to close or forcibly terminate a specific program on the list from the context menu of the process (by right clicking to the process).
  • Bugs fixed:
  • "USB Safely Remove assistant service" crashed if there were too many files opened from the drive that was being stopped
  • Better compatibility with Win Vista & 7 (sometimes program may not launch on these OSes)
  • Sometimes the program may not restore hidden drive letters (if "Hide drive letters" option was disabled)

New in USB Safely Remove 4.1.5.800 Final (Jun 16, 2009)

  • "Launch Programs" (Autorun) feature was significantly improved:
  • More than one process to launch can be assigned
  • Processes can be launched after device stopping and after device removal
  • Parameters can be passed to the command line optionally
  • Processes can be launched gloablly for all devices
  • Many predefined program autorun templates added:
  • Running Explorer or TotalCommander
  • Scannig conected device with an antivirus
  • MountingDismounting TrueCrypt volumes
  • and etc
  • New languages added: Hebrew, Catalan, Dutch (Netherlands),
  • Serbian (Cyrillic), Belarus, Macedonian and Indonesian.
  • Now the program speaks more than 40 languages!
  • System drive letter now cannot be changed from the program
  • TaskBar button is displayed for some windows of the program (main window,
  • entering registration data window)
  • The system tray icon now displays device states. The program displays
  • different icons when:
  • There are stopped but still plugged devices
  • There are no connected devices
  • Program is scanning for devices
  • Added ability to request your lost license key
  • Fixed: Hidden system drives were displayed after uninstall the program
  • Fixed: Incorrect drive letters were displayed on computers with USB
  • floppy drives
  • And other small user interface improvements

New in USB Safely Remove 4.1.4.794 Beta 4 (May 26, 2009)

  • "Autorun Programs" UI was improved:
  • Hint with process details is displayed on mouse hover
  • Fixed: Sometimes an error occured on process dragging-and-dropping
  • Command line is displayed in autorun template wizard
  • Process icons are displayed now (in the launch list)!
  • "Scanning drives with Kaspersky" template in "Global Autorun" added
  • Optional launching programs only for disk devices added
  • The system tray icon now displays device states. The program displays
  • different icons when:
  • There are stopped but still plugged devices
  • There are no connected devices
  • Program is scanning for devices
  • New languages added:
  • Catalan, Dutch (Netherlands), Serbian (Cyrillic), Belarus
  • Icons in the language switch added
  • Bug-report window was improved
  • Fixed several bugs in "Autorun" feature:
  • %DriveLetter% parameter wasn't passed for drives mounted as a folder
  • Sometimes %DriveLetter% parameter was empty for drive devices
  • �viceName% parameter was passed with drive letter
  • Autorun on after device stopping sometimes didn't work
  • Fixed: Sometimes the program cannot be closed
  • Fixed: Main window doesn't restore its size after program restart

New in USB Safely Remove 4.1.2.777 Beta 3 (Apr 11, 2009)

  • Autorun feature was extremelly improved
  • More than one process to launch can be assigned
  • Processes can be launched after device stopping and after device removal
  • Parameters can be passed to command line optionally
  • Processes can be launched gloablly for all devices
  • Explorer, TotalCommander, Antivirus and TrueCrypt integration
  • Drive letter of system drive now cannot be changed from the program
  • Fixed: Hidden system drives were displayed after uninstall the program
  • Fixed: Incorrect drive letters were displayed on computers with USB floppy drives
  • TaskBar button is displayed for some windows of the program (main window, entering registration data window)

New in USB Safely Remove 4.0.8.758 (Dec 8, 2008)

  • ===== Key features =====
  • Ability to hide drives of empty card reader slots
  • Card reader support - feature to eject memory cards
  • Feature to easily change letters of hot-plug drives
  • Option to mount hot-plug drive as a folder
  • PCMCIA and many other hot-plug devices support
  • Can stop SATA drives that isn't seen in native "Safely Remove Hardware"
  • Searching locking process spead is now many times faster!
  • Multi monitor support
  • Ability to close files opened by locking processes rather than killing processes
  • 13 new languages were added:
  • Albanian, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Croatian, Danish,
  • Estonian, Finnish, Korean, Norwegian, Serbian, Slovak, Vietnamese,
  • Persian
  • UAC compatibility! The program works properly under UAC-controlled accounts
  • 64 bit compatibility! The program works in Vista and XP 64 bit
  • Ability to prohibit assigning specified letters to hot-plug drives
  • Feature to return stopped device back!
  • ===== UI improvements and bug-fixes =====
  • New option: Ability to browse devices in alternative file manager
  • New option: Disable poping up the menu on mouse hover over systray icon
  • Device stop menu varies its width depending on device names
  • More device icons were added
  • Documentation was significantly improved
  • The menu hides itself by repeating the hotkey
  • BSoD occured on some systems while program is searching for locking processes
  • The program icon could disappear or be displayed when it wasn't required (When "Hide icon when there are no devices ..." option is checked)
  • Command "usr errs" didn't work
  • The installer and all program components is now signed by a Verisign code certificate
  • Automated bug-report and system info collection mechanism
  • Command line tool became free for personal use!

New in USB Safely Remove 4.0.5.707 Beta 6 (Jul 30, 2008)

  • An ability to operate surprise removal USB devices has been added
  • Command line tool is now able to "Return device back"
  • "Enhanced logging" option has been added (required only on interact with our support team)
  • The program updated its internal device list once too often (it leaded to increasing CPU load)
  • Sometimes the program overloaded the system on start or on connection of a new device
  • Locking processes was not displayed on Windows 2000
  • Sometimes the program suggested to disable USB device (not to safely remove it)
  • Sometimes an error occured on attempt to return device back
  • GUI improvements: unattractive margins in some windows has been fixed
  • It was impossible to browse device from the program which is mounted as a folder and a drive letter at the same time
  • The program icon did not displayed in the windows uninstall applet
  • Korean language was not selected automatically on Korean locales
  • The program crashed on attempt to change image name in the choosing file dialog
  • Improved hot-key support

New in USB Safely Remove 4.0.4.691 Beta 5 (Jul 14, 2008)

  • This version contains only critical fixes of beta 5 bugs and updated language packs.
  • On some configurations the program often displayed an error and hung on restart
  • Unneccessary devices were displayed
  • The program didn't allow to deactivate a device in Windows Device Manager
  • Korean language has been added
  • Updated languages:
  • Albanian, Chinese-Simplified, Estonian, German, Italian, Lithuanian, Polish, Slovak, Ukrainian, Russian, Hungarian, Slovenian.

New in USB Safely Remove 4.0.4.694 Beta (Jul 14, 2008)

  • On some configurations the program often displayed an error and hung on restart
  • Unneccessary devices were displayed
  • The program didn't allow to deactivate a device in Windows Device Manager
  • Korean language has been added
  • Updated languages:Albanian, Chinese-Simplified, Estonian, German, Italian, Lithuanian, Polish, Slovak, Ukrainian, Russian, Hungarian, Slovenian.

New in USB Safely Remove 3.0.15.459 (Sep 19, 2007)

  • Displaying the processes that prevent the removal
  • Forced device stop
  • Possibility to remove SATA devices
  • Feature to assign your own picture as an icon to any device
  • Real device names
  • Powerful command line support
  • Guaranteed safe device removal

New in USB Safely Remove 2.0 (Mar 13, 2007)

  • Fully reworked user interface, to be simplier and more intuitive
  • Highly customizable Quick-stop-menu added
  • Displayable-Not Displayable devices options
  • Ability to hide icon when there are no devices

New in USB Safely Remove 1.8 (Dec 20, 2006)

  • Fixed: sometimes program hang on Browse feature
  • Fixed: some small bugs

New in USB Safely Remove 1.7 (Oct 9, 2006)

  • Main icon changed
  • Fixed: some small bugs