'Safely Remove Hardware' icon in task tray in RDP session wi
Posted: 12 Mar 2009, 22:51
I regularly RDP onto an XP machine using a plain-vanilla non-admin user
account that's been added to the Remote Desktop Users group. I also
regularly attach and disconnect a USB hard drive to the machine I'm remoted
onto.
Problem is that the 'Safely Remove Hardware' icon does not show up in task
tray in the RDP session.
If I physically log in to the machine with my non-admin user, I see and can
use the icon. If I RDP with a user account with administrator rights, I see
and can use the icon. How do I get the icon to show up in an RDP session
under a user account without administrator rights?
I figured out that I can use RunAs with an administrator account to run
%windir%\system32\rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll and get
a 'Safely Remove Hardware' dialog to come up, but this is awefully clumsy and
not the same functionality as what is offered by the task tray icon.
Brent Gardner
account that's been added to the Remote Desktop Users group. I also
regularly attach and disconnect a USB hard drive to the machine I'm remoted
onto.
Problem is that the 'Safely Remove Hardware' icon does not show up in task
tray in the RDP session.
If I physically log in to the machine with my non-admin user, I see and can
use the icon. If I RDP with a user account with administrator rights, I see
and can use the icon. How do I get the icon to show up in an RDP session
under a user account without administrator rights?
I figured out that I can use RunAs with an administrator account to run
%windir%\system32\rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll and get
a 'Safely Remove Hardware' dialog to come up, but this is awefully clumsy and
not the same functionality as what is offered by the task tray icon.
Brent Gardner