I have been using WindowsXP to burn CDs successfully for a long time.

Recently the system does not work and I get a "System Error" when I try to
drop files into the CD icon in Windows explorer.

Yet when I use the Nero CD burner software, everything is OK.

Is there any way to fix the WindowsXP burning method, because I prefer its
simpler approach.

Please help, Frank

Hi,

You can use one or the other, but not both. Too many conflicts. If you
reenable the imapi burning service (the native program), then you must
disable Nero (and as it is far more functional, you may want to rethink
this).

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Frank Martin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have been using WindowsXP to burn CDs successfully for a long time.
>
> Recently the system does not work and I get a "System Error" when I try to
> drop files into the CD icon in Windows explorer.
>
> Yet when I use the Nero CD burner software, everything is OK.
>
> Is there any way to fix the WindowsXP burning method, because I prefer its
> simpler approach.
>
> Please help, Frank
>
>

Many thanks for this. But how does one enable/disable imapi & Nero.

Regards Frank



"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> You can use one or the other, but not both. Too many conflicts. If you
> reenable the imapi burning service (the native program), then you must
> disable Nero (and as it is far more functional, you may want to rethink
> this).
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Frank Martin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I have been using WindowsXP to burn CDs successfully for a long time.
> >
> > Recently the system does not work and I get a "System Error" when I try
to
> > drop files into the CD icon in Windows explorer.
> >
> > Yet when I use the Nero CD burner software, everything is OK.
> >
> > Is there any way to fix the WindowsXP burning method, because I prefer
its
> > simpler approach.
> >
> > Please help, Frank
> >
> >
>
>

"Frank Martin" wrote:

> Many thanks for this. But how does one enable/disable imapi & Nero.
>
> Regards Frank
>
>
>
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi,
> >
> > You can use one or the other, but not both. Too many conflicts. If you
> > reenable the imapi burning service (the native program), then you must
> > disable Nero (and as it is far more functional, you may want to rethink
> > this).
> >
> > --
> > Best of Luck,
> >
> > Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> > Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> > www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> > Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> >
> > "Frank Martin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > I have been using WindowsXP to burn CDs successfully for a long time.
> > >
> > > Recently the system does not work and I get a "System Error" when I try
> to
> > > drop files into the CD icon in Windows explorer.
> > >
> > > Yet when I use the Nero CD burner software, everything is OK.
> > >
> > > Is there any way to fix the WindowsXP burning method, because I prefer
> its
> > > simpler approach.
> > >
> > > Please help, Frank
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
>

Hi,the imapi burning service is located in admin tools> services, right click on it and select properties. I also use Nero and have imapi set to manual with no problems.

Hi Frank,

Start/run msconfig.

Nero you will find on the startup tab.
Imapi burning is on the services tab.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Frank Martin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Many thanks for this. But how does one enable/disable imapi & Nero.
>
> Regards Frank
>
>
>
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi,
> >
> > You can use one or the other, but not both. Too many conflicts. If you
> > reenable the imapi burning service (the native program), then you must
> > disable Nero (and as it is far more functional, you may want to rethink
> > this).
> >
> > --
> > Best of Luck,
> >
> > Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> > Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> > www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> > Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> >
> > "Frank Martin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > I have been using WindowsXP to burn CDs successfully for a long time.
> > >
> > > Recently the system does not work and I get a "System Error" when I
try
> to
> > > drop files into the CD icon in Windows explorer.
> > >
> > > Yet when I use the Nero CD burner software, everything is OK.
> > >
> > > Is there any way to fix the WindowsXP burning method, because I prefer
> its
> > > simpler approach.
> > >
> > > Please help, Frank
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

||| "Frank Martin"
<http://www.microsoft.com/communities/privacy.mspx>
||| wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)
||| I have been using WindowsXP to burn CDs successfully for a
||| long time.
|||
||| Recently the system does not work and I get a "System Error"
||| when I try to drop files into the CD icon in Windows
||| explorer.
|||
||| Yet when I use the Nero CD burner software, everything is OK.
|||
||| Is there any way to fix the WindowsXP burning method, because
||| I prefer its simpler approach.


|| "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <(E-Mail Removed)>
|| wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)
|| Hi,
||
|| You can use one or the other, but not both. Too many
|| conflicts. If you reenable the imapi burning service (the
|| native program), then you must disable Nero (and as it is far
|| more functional, you may want to rethink this).


| "Frank Martin"
<http://www.microsoft.com/communities/privacy.mspx
| wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)
| Many thanks for this. But how does one enable/disable imapi &
| Nero.

For two different methods to turn off the Microsoft Windows XP
CD writing feature see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base
article.

KB325218 - Files Are Displayed in the Staging Folder When You
Search a CD-RW Drive
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;325218

Thank you all for the replies.




"Carrie Garth" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> ||| "Frank Martin"
> <http://www.microsoft.com/communities/privacy.mspx>
> ||| wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)
> ||| I have been using WindowsXP to burn CDs successfully for a
> ||| long time.
> |||
> ||| Recently the system does not work and I get a "System Error"
> ||| when I try to drop files into the CD icon in Windows
> ||| explorer.
> |||
> ||| Yet when I use the Nero CD burner software, everything is OK.
> |||
> ||| Is there any way to fix the WindowsXP burning method, because
> ||| I prefer its simpler approach.
>
>
> || "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> || wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)
> || Hi,
> ||
> || You can use one or the other, but not both. Too many
> || conflicts. If you reenable the imapi burning service (the
> || native program), then you must disable Nero (and as it is far
> || more functional, you may want to rethink this).
>
>
> | "Frank Martin"
> <http://www.microsoft.com/communities/privacy.mspx
> | wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)
> | Many thanks for this. But how does one enable/disable imapi &
> | Nero.
>
> For two different methods to turn off the Microsoft Windows XP
> CD writing feature see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base
> article.
>
> KB325218 - Files Are Displayed in the Staging Folder When You
> Search a CD-RW Drive
>
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;325218
>