CD Drive Refresh in Windows XP

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In Windows XP Professional (SP2) in Windows Explorer the CD drive will only
refresh after a reboot. So if you put in a CD and press F5 or View | Refresh
on the menu the title on the CD drive in Explorer does not refresh - it keeps
the name of the previously inserted CD. This does not seem like a major bug
but in the case where you are installing software that spans CD this can
cause the installation to fail.
 
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Guest

This sometimes solves the problem when pressing F5 or the Refresh buttons do
not work. Do not use the Folder view in Windows Explorer.
Open Explorer>View>Explorer Bar>uncheck Folders.
 

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