Optical Drives

[NJITGS]

Greetings All-

When I use the "Eject" button when right clicking on an optical drive in my
computer it only opens the drive but does not close it.

Would anyone happen to know of a fix for this or how I could change my
settings to make it both open and close when clicking the eject button?

Thank you in advance.

Elaine Beauxrauxgard-Weiderhoff

 

[Big_Al]

Greetings All-

When I use the "Eject" button when right clicking on an optical drive in my
computer it only opens the drive but does not close it.

Would anyone happen to know of a fix for this or how I could change my
settings to make it both open and close when clicking the eject button?

Thank you in advance.

Elaine Beauxrauxgard-Weiderhoff

So the first click of eject opens, but the 2nd click then does not close
it. Is that what you are saying?

 

[NJITGS]

Precisely.

So the first click of eject opens, but the 2nd click then does not close
it. Is that what you are saying?

 

[Unknown]

Cannot be done.

 

[Big_Al]

Precisely.

I would think its the cd driver that is doing that, but in researching
the issue, I got some hits on google for 3rd party programs that will do
what you are looking for. You might want to try 'eject button does not
close cd'.

 

[Ramesh Srinivasan, MS-MVP]

Hi NJITGS,

Not sure if this can be done. As a workaround, you can add a "Close CD Tray"
option in the Context menu for optical drives. See:

http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/create-shortcuts-to-eject-and-close-cddvd-drive/

 

[NJITGS]

Thank you all so much for your replies! Both solutions by EasyMike and
Ramesh worked excellent!

Although bother did exactly what I expected, I m more partial to the add-on
provided by Ramish that adds the "Close Tray" option to the context menu
(right click). It was a little tricky to figure out at first, you have to
download and add the Nirsoft add-on to the Windows folder then dl and
install the add-on to place the "Close Tray" option in the context menu, it
worked beautifully!

Thank you again for shinning through....!

E B-W

 

[Unknown]

I must say I learned something new. Had no idea that was possible.

 

[NJITGS]

Thank you all so much for your replies! Both solutions by EasyMike and
Ramesh worked excellent!

Although both did exactly what I expected, I'm more partial to the add-on
provided by Ramish that adds the "Close Tray" option to the context menu
(right click). It was a little tricky to figure out at first, you have to
download and add the Nirsoft add-on to the Windows folder then download and
install the add-on to place the "Close Tray" option in the context menu. It
worked beautifully!

Thank you again for shinning through....!

E B-W

 

[Ramesh Srinivasan, MS-MVP]

You're welcome E B-W!