A disadvantage of using Windows option for USB safe removal is the fact that it's almost impossible to know which stick is which, especially if you plugged in multiple USB drives into your computer. This program comes as an alternative to Microsoft's safe removal solution that provides you with a quick and effective way to eject USB sticks.
USB Safely Remove lives in your System Tray from where you can access its Options panel, check the status of the connected USB drives, eject sticks, etc. The program is very simple to handle, so you don't need much computer experience to use it.
Once a USB drive is connected to your PC, the application immediately notifies you. You can define a global hotkey for quickly ejecting the USB stick. However, it doesn't always work. In my testing, the utility occasionally failed to complete tasks when using the global hotkeys.
The application also provides you with various options for changing the way the names of the connected drives appear in your System Tray.
In my opinion, this utility is a bit expensive for it can do. It's worth buying this program for your computer only if you work with USB drives often. Personally, I prefer using Windows' solution for safely removing USB sticks as I rarely connect more than one drive at a time and don't find it difficult to eject it when needed.
v5.2 [Mar 13, 2013]
Version 5.2 (Released on Mar 12th, 2013)
[+] Option to fix several drives to the same drive letter added
[+] Windows 8 support & Metro UI skin
[*] A special sign is displayed for fixed drive letter in the menu
[*] Folder mount points are now displayed in full size (not truncated as earlier)
[*] Verbose logging was enabled by default
[*] 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
[-] "Extend license" menu item could display "Order" page rather than "Extend"
[-] Autorun programs called before changing drive letters (e.g. for fixed
drive letters). This caused double calling of the autorun programs.
[-] The device menu might be displayed when user launched TaskManager (Win 8)
or Customize tray icons dialog (Win 7, 8)
[*] 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.
Configuration and monitoring for temperature controllers, power controllers, and recorders
