Disable PC Card Removal Warnings (All Windows)

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Disable PC Card Removal Warnings (All Windows)
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This setting can be used to disable the PC Card warning messages shown when a PCMCIA device is removed from the socket without first being stopped.

Open your registry and find the key below.

Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value called 'PCMCIAFlags' using the settings below.

Exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect.


(Default)	REG_SZ	(value not set)
PCMCIAFlags	REG_DWORD	0x00000001 (1)


	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\SysTray

Settings:

User Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\
SysTray]
Name: PCMCIAFlags
Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value: (0 = no warnings, 1 = show warnings)

Disclaimer: Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. We cannot guarantee that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved. Use the information provided at your own risk.

Last Modified: July 19, 2002

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