windows explorer continues to show files of previous dvd

[rookie1010]

Hello

i am using windows xp and seem to be having a problem with my dvd RW drive. when i load a dvd say "DVD_A" containing a film, all the files in the dvd can be seen. now when i replace the dvd DVD_A with DVD_B, i cant see the content of DVD_B in the windows explorer. the windows explorer continues to show the content of DVD_A. i hit refresh a number of times but the content of DVD_A continues to be displayed.

can you guys help me .

 

[Piuc2020]

Have you tried restarting explorer? Open task manager and close the explorer.exe process, then choose file> New Task (Run)>type cmd and then type explorer.exe.

That should hopefully give you a clearer view of what the problem is.

 

[dphantom]

This is actually a "feature" of XP but causes lots of problems. Try this link Link to see if that helps.

Doing this may also fix the issue.

Computer Management --> Disk Management --> CD-Drive --> Properties --> Go to the Properties Tab and disable the Digital CD Playback.

 

[rookie1010]

thanks for the reply,

i have disabled Digital CD Playback and it seems to work, did not know this was windows xp "feature".
i have got a burnt DVD (DVD-R 16x) whose contents turn up on y laptop, but when i insert the dvd into my dvd drve (NEC 3550A), none of the contents turn up . at times nero starts up asking if i want to burn any files.

can you tell me how to access the files on my dvd. the dvd rw plays regular movie dvd's no problem

i have got 1 dvd drive(NEC 3550A) and a cd drive (sony CRX230) but three drives are shown.

the sony, nec and a third drive which is a generic DVD-ROM SCSI CdROM device, any idea what this third drive is?

 

[xgsound]

I don't know if this applies, but Nero had a "virtual drive" feature that can mount a cd image. If I remember correctly this showed up somehow in explorer.


Jim

 

[rookie1010]

i have got daemon tools installed, that was causing the third cd drive to come up