Where did desktop CD writing function go?

[Guest]

I'm running WinXP and I'm trying to fix this before installing SP2.
Yesterday I was trying to burn a CD, and I discovered that all reference to
XP's built-in CD writing function had disappeared, including the "Recording"
tab in my CD-RW drive's properties, links within folders to "Copy to CD", the
shortcut in the "Send to" menu, and the "Write these files to CD" and "Delete
temporary files" options in the CD-RW folder itself. If I tried to drag a
file to the drive, I got either a "Please insert a disc" message or a
"Read-only" one, depending on whether a disc was in the drive. I tried
burning a disc with Windows Media Player, and it worked. It's like the
Desktop CD Burning function just got uninstalled somehow.
Thanks in advance for any help with this!

 

[Guest]

I found the problem. Here is the complete solution:
There may be a registry problem. Editing the registry
can be dangerous so be sure to back up. Click on Start and then Run. Type
in "regedit". Once you are in the registry editor, on the left, expand the
folder "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE". Open SOFTWARE then Microsoft
\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies. Click to select "Explorer". Look on the
right side of the screen for a value named NoCDBurning. In the Data column,
look at the value for NoCDBurning. If it is 0x00000000 (0) skip down to the
***. If it is 0x00000001 (1), select the File menu at the top. Click on
Export... Pick a place you will remember to save the file (like My
Documents) Then look on the bottom of the Export/Save dialog and be sure that
"Selected Branch" is selected (not "All"). Then type a name for the file:
"NoCDBurn Backup" or something else you will remember. If you need to
restore later, just open up that folder and doubleclick on the file to
restore the registry. Now, after you save the backup, doubleclick on the
NoCDBurning value. Change the 1 in the dialog box to a 0 and press Ok.
Close Registry Editor and restart your computer. Then open up My Computer on
the desktop or from the Start Menu. Right click on your CD-R drive and click
Properties. If there is a Recording tab click on it. (If there isn't go to
the ***). Click "enable CD recording on this drive." You should be all set.

*** If you have no Recording tab even though the value above was set to zero
(or you took steps to set it to zero, your drive may be recognized as a
non-recording drive accidentally. Open this address to Microsoft
Knowledgebase article 316529:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=316529.

If you have any other questions or have trouble, reply to this message.

Kurt Van Allsburg