Well, I just learned the answer to that in the process of not finding out how to add this desktop icon to my task bar. In Windows XP, if you right click on the start icon in the lower left hand corner of the screen, you can choose taskbar properties. It lets you choose if and how you want to display all kinds of things - everything in God's green earth except teh desktop icon. But what does disconnect safely mean? Does that mean, this is what procedure I follow to unplug a scanner I seldom use from its USB port without the driver uninstalling itself? Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rita Barfield" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 5:56 AM Subject: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] Safely remove hardware icon > The icon for "Safe to Remove Hardware" , appears to have dissappeared from > the left hand side of my taskbar at the bottom of my screen. I have > clicked > on the arrow to extend the list of icons, but it is not there. > > I wish to disconnect my printer from my laptop safely. > > Can someone please tell me how to find it and replace it on the task bar?? > > kind regards > Rita > >body of the message -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.3/395 - Release Date: 7/21/2006