Explorer will not display CD label

[Kevin J. Nielsen]

Is there any way to see what the CD label is without rebooting?

I have Windows XP home and the only way I can find out what the CD label is,
is to reboot with the CD in the drive. When I change CD, it still shows the
label from the CD that was in it when I booted. If there was no CD in when
I booted, it will never show a label at all. I have right clicked on the
drive letter and selected properties but it still does not show the label.
I know it used to work properly but it doesnt now.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Thank You

Kevin

 

[Detlev Dreyer]

Is there any way to see what the CD label is without rebooting?

I have Windows XP home and the only way I can find out what the CD
label is, is to reboot with the CD in the drive. When I change CD,
it still shows the label from the CD that was in it when I booted.
If there was no CD in when I booted, it will never show a label at
all.

See if this article applies:

"Incorrect Contents Are Displayed in Windows Explorer" (excerpt)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314939/en-us

| This problem was first corrected in Windows XP Service Pack 1.

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[Kevin J. Nielsen]

Thank you for your response. Unfortunately the problem is with the left
pane, it will not show the correct CD label. I have pressed f5 to refresh
but it has no effect on the label. I do have SP2 so that is not an issue.

Kevin

Is there any way to see what the CD label is without rebooting?

I have Windows XP home and the only way I can find out what the CD
label is, is to reboot with the CD in the drive. When I change CD,
it still shows the label from the CD that was in it when I booted.
If there was no CD in when I booted, it will never show a label at
all.

See if this article applies:

"Incorrect Contents Are Displayed in Windows Explorer" (excerpt)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314939/en-us

| This problem was first corrected in Windows XP Service Pack 1.

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[Detlev Dreyer]

Thank you for your response. Unfortunately the problem is with the
left pane, it will not show the correct CD label. I have pressed f5
to refresh but it has no effect on the label. I do have SP2 so that
is not an issue.

Well, since SP2 has been already installed and the [F5] key does not work
either, this might be a hardware issue (bad drive) rather than a Windows/
Explorer problem. You may want to scan the system for malware as well.

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[Nightowl]

Is there any way to see what the CD label is without rebooting?

I have Windows XP home and the only way I can find out what the CD label is,
is to reboot with the CD in the drive. When I change CD, it still shows the
label from the CD that was in it when I booted. If there was no CD in when
I booted, it will never show a label at all. I have right clicked on the
drive letter and selected properties but it still does not show the label.
I know it used to work properly but it doesnt now.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Hello Kevin

This fix has worked for similar problems -- worth a try:

Open Regedit and navigate to the key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\CDrom

In the right-hand pane look for the value AutoRun and make sure it is
set to 1. If not, change, close Regedit and reboot.

Let us know how you get on

 

[Kevin J. Nielsen]

That did the trick. Thank You very much.

I had previously disabled auto run; I made the change you suggested and now
the label updates properly and autorun is still disabled. I used the
following method to disable autoplay:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer

Create a new value called: NoDriveTypeAutoRun
Type is: DWORD
Value is: 0x000000b5 (181)



Thanks again

Keven

 

[Kevin J. Nielsen]

Well, since SP2 has been already installed and the [F5] key does not work

either, this might be a hardware issue (bad drive) rather than a Windows/
Explorer problem. You may want to scan the system for malware as well.

Thank you for your time Detley. However, you should be certain you know
what you are talking about before you respond; a solution doesnt help if it
only causes more frustration and doesnt solve the problem (I am glad
Nightowl responded so fast, otherwise I would now be going through
unneccessary frustration.)

The exact problem was that I had previously disabled autoplay. All I had to
do was make the following registry change as sent in by Nightowl from
Anomolies inc.

Open Regedit and navigate to the key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\CDrom

In the right-hand pane look for the value AutoRun and make sure it is
set to 1. If not, change, close Regedit and reboot.


Everything works properly now and autorun is still disabled, the way I like
it.

The method I used to disable autoplay apparantly keeps it disabled
regardless of the new change I made to the registry.

That was my problem all along, I just had autorun disabled.

Thank you for considering my problem even though your advise was not
helpful.

Keven

 

[Detlev Dreyer]

Well, since SP2 has been already installed and the [F5] key does not
work either, this might be a hardware issue (bad drive) rather than
a Windows/Explorer problem. You may want to scan the system for
malware as well.

Thank you for your time Detley. However, you should be certain you
know what you are talking about before you respond;

Nope. You can never be sure from afar that a particular approach will
solve a problem under *all* circumstances. Therefore, please note the
wording "might be". And yes, there were drives going south and showing
exactly this behavior prior to winding up with increasing read errors.

The exact problem was that I had previously disabled autoplay.

Please note that your problem is not mandatory when autoplay has been
disabled. Otherwise, these newsgroups were filled up with just this
issue. Interesting enough, they aren't.

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