How do I get USB thumb drives to show a taskbar icon when inserted?

[jtodd929]

I'd like an icon to show up on the taskbar whenever I insert a USB thumbdrive. Then I can click this icon to safely eject the USB. I'm not talking about the notification area. I'm talking about the taskbar where open programs show their respective icons. How do I do this?

 

[derekimo]

I'd like an icon to show up on the taskbar whenever I insert a USB thumbdrive. Then I can click this icon to safely eject the USB. I'm not talking about the notification area. I'm talking about the taskbar where open programs show their respective icons. How do I do this?

Something like this?

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/79216-safely-remove-hardware-shortcut-create.html

 

[jtodd929]

isnt this feature offered as default in win7? I thought icons of usb were supposed to appear on taskbar by default. I mistaken?

 

[mickey megabyte]

yes, you are mistaken, in this respect. it's not default behaviour.