Extra CD drive in Explorer. What question should I ask?

[Jumbo]

Windows explorer has given me an extra CD drive that is annoying because I
only have two and no virtual drives. I am not asking the right question to
get an answer from Google.

I would appreciate a pointer in the right direction or advice on how to
remove the icon from explorer.

Jumbo

Silver Surfer

 

[Naren]

Hi,
Try with this, First export the Cdrom folder from
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ in the registry
from a working system(The same O/S you using).
In your system delete the Cdrom folder in the
following path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\
and restart the system. After restarting the system you not able to see
any cd drive in your Explorer. Now import the Cdrom registry file
which you already taken from working system and restart the system.

Thnks,
Naren

 

[Jumbo]

Hi,
Try with this, First export the Cdrom folder from
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ in the registry
from a working system(The same O/S you using).
In your system delete the Cdrom folder in the
following path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\
and restart the system. After restarting the system you not able to see
any cd drive in your Explorer. Now import the Cdrom registry file
which you already taken from working system and restart the system.

Thnks,
Naren

Thank you Naren

I am not too happy about registry edits and I have not done import/export
before.

Is there any way without registry edits or maybe a smart fix utility?

Jumbo

 

[MAP]

Windows explorer has given me an extra CD drive that is annoying
because I only have two and no virtual drives. I am not asking the
right question to get an answer from Google.

I would appreciate a pointer in the right direction or advice on how
to remove the icon from explorer.

Jumbo

Silver Surfer

Open device manager and see if it shows the drive you are talking about, if
it does uninstall it through the device managers interface and reboot.

 

[Jumbo]

Open device manager and see if it shows the drive you are talking about,
if
it does uninstall it through the device managers interface and reboot.

Thank you Mike

Not in device manager unfortunately.

Jumbo

 

[MAP]

Thank you Mike

Not in device manager unfortunately.

Jumbo

1. Download, install, and run Tweak UI for Windows XP

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

2. When Tweak UI starts, click the "My Computer" tab.

3. Now, uncheck the boxes next to any drive letters that you do not wish to
see in Explorer.

4. Press "OK" to close the dialog box.

 

[Jumbo]

1. Download, install, and run Tweak UI for Windows XP

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

2. When Tweak UI starts, click the "My Computer" tab.

3. Now, uncheck the boxes next to any drive letters that you do not wish
to
see in Explorer.

4. Press "OK" to close the dialog box.

That is totally brilliant Mike.

Thank you very much for your response and great solution.

Regards

Jumbo

 

[MAP]

That is totally brilliant Mike.

Thank you very much for your response and great solution.

Regards

Jumbo

 

[FeMaster]

That is totally brilliant Mike.

Thank you very much for your response and great solution.

Regards

Jumbo

Aside from that fact that the drive may still show up in SOME programs when
doing file access routines...