Startup program entry details:

EZEJTRAY (EZEJTRAY.EXE)

This page expands upon the information already available for this entry in the Pacman's Portal Windows start-up programs database.

Not required or not recommended - typically infrequently used tasks that can be started manually if necessary

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Description:

System Tray access to the EasyEject Utility for IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad notebooks. Quote: "The IBM ThinkPad EasyEject Utility makes removing multiple devices from your computer faster and easier by enabling you to stop more than one device at once, rather than stopping each device individually." Configuration and performing of EasyEject actions is available via Fn+F9 key combination on some models

Startup information:

Registry (Start → Run → regedit)

• Key(s): HKLM\Run
• Name: EZEJTRAY
• Data: C:\PROGRA~1\ThinkPad\UTILIT~1\EZEJTRAY.EXE

MSConfig (Start → Run → msconfig → Startup)

• Startup Item (XP): EZEJTRAY
• Startup Item (Vista/7): N/A
• Command: C:\PROGRA~1\ThinkPad\UTILIT~1\EZEJTRAY.EXE

Windows Defender (Start → All Programs → Windows Defender → Tools → Software Explorer)

• Name:
  • IBM ThinkPad EasyEject Tray Utility
  • ThinkPad EasyEject Utility
• Startup Value: C:\PROGRA~1\ThinkPad\UTILIT~1\EZEJTRAY.EXE

HijackThis (HJT) log examples:

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [EZEJTRAY] C:\PROGRA~1\ThinkPad\UTILIT~1\EZEJTRAY.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [EZEJTRAY] C:\Program Files\ThinkPad\Utilities\EZEJTRAY.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [EZEJTRAY] C:\ARCHIV~1\ThinkPad\UTILIT~1\EZEJTRAY.EXE

Other information:

• File location: %ProgramFiles%\ThinkPad\Utilities
• File properties "Description":
  • IBM ThinkPad EasyEject Tray Utility
  • ThinkPad EasyEject Tray Utility
• Purpose: System utility
• Program disable option:
  • Right-click on tray icon
  • Double-click on icon → Deselect "Show EasyEject icon on the taskbar"
  • Start → All Programs → Access IBM → ThinkPad Configuration → Options → Customize → deselect "Add EasyEject icon on Task Bar System Tray"
• Shortcut(s) available: Start Menu
• Vendor/Publisher: IBM Corp. & Lenovo
• Product(s): EasyEject Utility
• Tested: Yes

Note:

• %ProgramFiles% - refers to the Program Files folder; typically the path is C:\Program Files
• HKLM refers to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

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