how to load cd drive

[Nvidiaguy07]

i know i can right click F: and then select eject to eject my cd but is there any way to make it load? im sure there must be a way, i just never learned it

 

[Quiksilver]

Like what kind of CD? Music? Software? Usually, you can just click autoplay and it'd bring up the windows dialog box asking what you want it to do.

 

[Roguestar]

You mean to force it to close again? You had better not be asking that because that is the epitome of laziness.

 

[Nvidiaguy07]

haha no i just have my computer in a different room so every time i need to load a cd after its ejected for any reason i have to go in the next room. My computer is pretty loud thats why i do it. I just figure that everyone knows how to make it go back in. i dont mean auto-play or anything i just want the tray to close.

 

[Roguestar]

There's no way to do it that I know of. Surely if it has ejected, you've just placed a CD in the drive and you're there to close it?

 

[Roguestar]

Google says:
http://wareseeker.com/free-close-cd-drive/

 

[MadAmos]

there is a Yahoo Widget for this linky I have not tried it but the reviews look ok.

 

[Nvidiaguy07]

roguestar, sometimes ill burn a cd and want to check it just to make sure its ok but it automatically ejects. So it would be easier to just click "close drive" or somethin. I figured there was an easy way in windows and i just didnt know. Why else would they let you eject a cd from the OS and not let you close drive? it doesnt make any sense to me.

 

[JonnyBlaze]

download this program. http://www.codeguru.com/cpp/w-...-rom/article.php/c5775

extract it and save the cdr.exe somewhere. doesnt matter where just know where you put it.
mine ended up in C:\Documents and Settings\user\My Documents\cdr\Release\cdr.exe

open regedit and go to this key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell

Create a new key called "Close" then another under that called "command"

go to the new command key you just made. you should now be in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\Close\Command

on the right hand side, you see a text string named (default)

edit the (default) string to:

"C:\Documents and Settings\user\My Documents\cdr\Release\cdr.exe" close d:

keep the quotes around the path

you must change the path to where you have put the cdr.exe file and change the drive letter to match yours.

now you can right click anywhere in explorer and click Close and your drive will close.