Show icon when there is CD on the drive (like the Macintosh does)

[Wishmaster]

Hello,

is there any program that can show an icon, either in my desktop or in the
system tray, when there is a CD-ROM in my CD drive?

I remember that Mac OS (at least until version 9) did this (an icon on the
desktop) when you inserted a CD.

I use Windows XP.
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[Georgia]

Hi,
In Explorer click on My Computer and then right click on your CD drive on
the right side of the screen and left click on "Create Shortcut." A message
will appear stating that an icon cannot be created here and asks if you want
to put it on the desktop. Select Yes and the icon created on your desktop
should show that a CD-Rom is in the drive.

| Hello,
|
| is there any program that can show an icon, either in my desktop or
| in the system tray, when there is a CD-ROM in my CD drive?
|
| I remember that Mac OS (at least until version 9) did this (an icon
| on the desktop) when you inserted a CD.
|
| I use Windows XP.

 

[djek]

Hello,

is there any program that can show an icon, either in my desktop or in the
system tray, when there is a CD-ROM in my CD drive?

I know only of shareware, so I won't mention it here.
you're welcome

 

[Mel]

Hello,

is there any program that can show an icon, either in my desktop or in the
system tray, when there is a CD-ROM in my CD drive?

I remember that Mac OS (at least until version 9) did this (an icon on the
desktop) when you inserted a CD.

I use Windows XP.

What's WinEject?

WinEject is a small windows utility to open and close the tray of cd-rom
and DVD drives. Other removable media (like ZIP disks or streamer tapes)
can also be ejected.

Other features:
- Supports more than one drive
- Controllable with your mouse by clicking on an icon sitting in your
system tray
- Or use hotkeys to open and close your drives
- Eject on windows shutdown - you'll never forget your media!
- Lock drives
- Easy installation and deinstallation
- Runs with Win 95, 98, ME, NT, 2K & XP (Home/Professional)
- ...and much more!

http://www.wineject.com/

Registration with a picture postcard:

If you'd like to use WinEject privately, you can register (for free) by
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Look for a picture postcard (preferably showing the town or area you're
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As soon as I receive your postcard, I'll send you your personal
registration key to your email address.

 

[Frank Bohan]

No program needed.

On the Desktop, make a shortcut to the CD drive. If there is no CD in the
drive, the desktop icon will show the generic CD icon; if it contains a disk
it will change to the icon relevant to the CD.

To make the shortcut, right-click on MyComputer, right-click on the CD
Drive, click on "Make shortcut", Windows will offer to put it on the
Desktop, click "Yes".

You can change the generic icon shown on the shortcut to something more
distinctive by right-clicking the shortcut and choosing "Change Icon".

I can't think of a way to put the icon in the System Tray, but you could
copy it to the Quick Launch Bar (in XP, not sure about other systems) and
get it to show on the left of the Taskbar.

===

Frank Bohan
¶ He who laughs last is probably your boss.

 

[Harvey Van Sickle]

On 30 Jul 2005, Frank Bohan wrote

No program needed.

On the Desktop, make a shortcut to the CD drive. If there is no CD
in the drive, the desktop icon will show the generic CD icon; if
it contains a disk it will change to the icon relevant to the CD.
-snip-

I can't think of a way to put the icon in the System Tray, but you
could copy it to the Quick Launch Bar (in XP, not sure about other
systems) and get it to show on the left of the Taskbar.

This looks as it it might do it -- although whilst it says "freeware",
it has an "order now" button on the page; maybe that refers to other
programs:

http://www.downloadseeker.com/3279.html

 

[Wishmaster]

What's WinEject?

WinEject is a small windows utility to open and close the tray of cd-rom
and DVD drives. Other removable media (like ZIP disks or streamer tapes)
can also be ejected.

This will do. Thanks!

 

[Wishmaster]

No program needed.

On the Desktop, make a shortcut to the CD drive. If there is no CD in the
drive, the desktop icon will show the generic CD icon; if it contains a
disk it will change to the icon relevant to the CD.

I want it to show an icon if, *and only if* there is a CD inserted: I often
forget to eject CD's.

[]s

 

[T0M]

Wishmaster a écrit:

I know you found what you wanted but seems that the following freeware
has what you wanted at begging of your post:

CD-Ejector helps you to manage your CD-ROM drives

Basic features:

- command-line switches
- 'Windows', 'Sleep', etc. keys in hot-key combinations
- open/close the drive door without mouse clicking
----------> indicatior of media presence<-----------------
- select disk speed, spin down time, autorun type for each disk
- eject media at shutdown/logoff
- multiple drives support
- DVD and CD-R/RW drives support

Web: http://cd-util.da.ru

T0M