Files Qued TB Written To CD: Remove?

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Somehow, I wound up with an entire drive's worth of files cued tb written to CD.

Looks like if you bring up the list and delete an entry on the list, XP actually
deletes the file behind the entry.

Don't want that.

Just want to clear the list.

Anybody know how?

Windows XP Pr 20002 SP 2.
 
Clear the list ? - using XP's native CD Burning facility caches the files
into a profile folder "CD Burning". This creates a copy of the original
content to avoid "File in Use" issues when burning the disk. By using
Windows Explorer you can navigate to ->
C:\Documents & Settings\'YourLoginName'\Local Settings\
Application Data\Microsoft\CD Burning

You can remove the contents of this folder which should turn off the
"Files are ready to be Written to Disk" option.
 
Per (PeteCresswell):
Anybody know how?
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I should add:
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1) The list can be made to appear by double clicking the drive
icon for the CD burner (which had no media in it)

2) Attempting to delete from that window deletes that actual
files, not just the pointers.

3) Right-clicking the drive icon, there's a "Delete Temporary Files"
menu choice... but I'm afraid to invoke that considering #2 above.
 
Per R. McCarty:
Clear the list ? - using XP's native CD Burning facility caches the files
into a profile folder "CD Burning". This creates a copy of the original
content to avoid "File in Use" issues when burning the disk. By using
Windows Explorer you can navigate to ->
C:\Documents & Settings\'YourLoginName'\Local Settings\
Application Data\Microsoft\CD Burning

You can remove the contents of this folder which should turn off the
"Files are ready to be Written to Disk" option.
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Maybe that's part of my problem. There's nothing in that directory.

(C:\Documents and Settings\Kolon Skorupski\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\CD Burning)

Double clicking the drive icon for my CD burner, however, brings up a list of
directories and files whose icons are sort of faded and which have a little
plus sign on them.

I figured they were just pointers/shortcuts to the files tb really burned, but
when I tried deleting one of them, the actual folder with the data in it got
deleted too.

Right-clicking the drive icon, of course, exposes a "Delete temporary files" on
the popup menu. But, considering what happened above, I'd be reluctant to try
it - although in the end, I guess I'll just bite the bullet and copy those files
to some backup location and pull the trigger to see what happens.
 
Per (PeteCresswell):
Anybody know how?
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Got it.

In my case I think I had an unusual situation.

My "Temp" is defined as "W:\".

Somebody had apparently dragged/dropped the drive W icon onto the CD icon.



RegEdit.

Search for "CD Burner".

Replace any UNCs with a UNC of "W:\" to something like "C:\Temp\CD Burner".
 
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