why do I have to manually close the dvd drive?

[islandman4567]

I bought a new(well not new, used) pc and it doesn't have the option to close the dvd drive when I right click the mouse.

I can open it from there , but I have to actually hit the button on the front of the dvd drive to close it.

anyone know of a way to put the function in the menu when I right click the mouse?

 

[Radio_Shack]

I bought a new(well not new, used) pc and it doesn't have the option to close the dvd drive when I right click the mouse.

I can open it from there , but I have to actually hit the button on the front of the dvd drive to close it.

anyone know of a way to put the function in the menu when I right click the mouse?

There is a few solutions..Here is one:

In Windows Explorer, you can right-click on a CD-Drive and select the "Eject" option to open the CD Drive. Unfortunately, there is no "Close" equivelant to Close the drive.

Here is a solution:

http://www.codeguru.com/cpp/w-p/system/cd-rom/article.php/c5775/

Scroll down to this link and a way you go..

Download project (Source & Executable)- 32 Kb

USAGE:

C:\> CDR
CDR by Chris M. Sebrell
usage:
CDR [open|close] [Drive-Letter|ALL]
example:
CDR open E:
CDR close ALL

 

[islandman4567]

"In Windows Explorer, you can right-click on a CD-Drive and select the "Eject" option to open the CD Drive. Unfortunately, there is no "Close" equivelant to Close the drive."

that's exactly what i'm talking about, my other pc has this in the menu, so I thought it might be the dvd drive . but I tried switching drives and its the same.

thanks for the link I'll check it out.

thanks for that , but I don't know what to do with it.
gues I'll have to stick with pushing the button

 

[Radio_Shack]

"In Windows Explorer, you can right-click on a CD-Drive and select the "Eject" option to open the CD Drive. Unfortunately, there is no "Close" equivelant to Close the drive."

that's exactly what i'm talking about, my other pc has this in the menu, so I thought it might be the dvd drive . but I tried switching drives and its the same.

thanks for the link I'll check it out.

thanks for that , but I don't know what to do with it.
gues I'll have to stick with pushing the button

Download the utility that in the link and you can then create a desktop link to run the ie. "CDR.exe close E:".E: may be diff for you depends on what your DVD drive is. Or you can just run it from DOS box..Whatever you like I guess.

 

[l69norm]

... but I have to actually hit the button on the front of the dvd drive to close it...

Don't you have to be at the drive anyway to load or unload it? Actually, I think it's to prevent you from closing the drive while you are still trying to load it (i.e. disc jammed inside)

 

[Papi Chulo]

http://www.verylim.com/Products/CDswitch/index.htm

 

[bsi]

http://www.verylim.com/Products/CDswitch/index.htm

Hey what a great link! Does exactly what the op wanted and more.

This group is great!!

 

[islandman4567]

Don't you have to be at the drive anyway to load or unload it? Actually, I think it's to prevent you from closing the drive while you are still trying to load it (i.e. disc jammed inside)

my computer is under the desk, so its easy to drop the disc in the drive but I kinda have to reach under it to hit the button. especially when the tray is open.

 

[Radio_Shack]

Hey what a great link! Does exactly what the op wanted and more.

This group is great!!

The first response downloading the CDR.EXE command actually does exactly what the op asked for:

Works great..

C:\>cdr open e:
C:\>cdr close e:

This adds the missing "close" function" to XP. All the other stuff is already in XP..

Just grab this file and extract the CDR.EXE file..

FILE: http://www.codeguru.com/code/legacy/system/cdr.zip

Sorry is was not that clear in earlier post.

 

[l69norm]

my computer is under the desk, so its easy to drop the disc in the drive but I kinda have to reach under it to hit the button. especially when the tray is open.

You don't have to push the button, you can push in gently on the tray and it will retract automatically.

 

[islandman4567]

thanks norm , I didn't know you could do that. well, ya learn something new every day

and thanks radio shack , I got that file and extracted it but I didn't know what to do with it after. i'll just push the tray , the way norm suggested .

does that file add it to the menu when you right click or do you have to open something else and then do it?

seems easier just to push the tray, since I know you can do that now.

thanks for the help guys.

 

[bsi]

The first response downloading the CDR.EXE command actually does exactly what the op asked for:

Works great..

C:\>cdr open e:
C:\>cdr close e:

This adds the missing "close" function" to XP. All the other stuff is already in XP..

Just grab this file and extract the CDR.EXE file..

FILE: http://www.codeguru.com/code/legacy/system/cdr.zip

Sorry is was not that clear in earlier post.

I downloaded this as well. It looks simpler but it looks like you have to open a command box to run it or create a shortcut with parameters to run it. Just clicking on the cdr.exe is not good enough.

It has been years since I tried to create a shortcut with parameters. Can you tell me in a few words how to do this? I tried to create one and call it "Close the Door" but I am having trouble with the syntax with command line parameters.

l69norm is correct about gentle pushing on the tray but I would think that for the long term health of the drive that a software solution is better.

 

[Radio_Shack]

I downloaded this as well. It looks simpler but it looks like you have to open a command box to run it or create a shortcut with parameters to run it. Just clicking on the cdr.exe is not good enough.

It has been years since I tried to create a shortcut with parameters. Can you tell me in a few words how to do this? I tried to create one and call it "Close the Door" but I am having trouble with the syntax with command line parameters.

l69norm is correct about gentle pushing on the tray but I would think that for the long term health of the drive that a software solution is better.

To create a shortcut in windows you right click on the desktop and choose "new" --> "shortcut"..

Fill in the path\program and the directive "close" and "DRIVE LETTER" ..PATH is where you extracted the cdr.exe to:

ie.

c:\cdr close E:

(note, E: may be different for you, depends on the drive letter assigned to your drive)

Save that and then you can just click on the icon on your desktop to close the drive..

Good luck! Thanks for shopping at Radio_Shack

 

[islandman4567]

still doing something wrong ,

right click on the desktop and choose "new" --> "shortcut"..

Fill in the path\program and the directive "close" and "DRIVE LETTER" ..PATH is where you extracted the cdr.exe to:

ie.

c:\cdr close D:

that's what I did and it created a shortcut on the desktop but when I click it , it just flashes a command window and doesn't close the drive.

 

[Radio_Shack]

still doing something wrong ,

right click on the desktop and choose "new" --> "shortcut"..

Fill in the path\program and the directive "close" and "DRIVE LETTER" ..PATH is where you extracted the cdr.exe to:

ie.

c:\cdr close D:

that's what I did and it created a shortcut on the desktop but when I click it , it just flashes a command window and doesn't close the drive.

hmm, when u extracted the cdr.exe file from the zip file did you tell it to extract to c:\ or another path?
Check your steps again islandman..I just did this and it is working ok for me. Sometimes it's hard for me to comprehend what you mnay have done wrong..

Chek the properties of the shortcut and make sure it looks the same as my example:

ie

C:\cdr close E:

2 things may be different for you

1. The path where the cdr.exe file is located..
2. The drive letter for your cdrom drive you wanna close

tell me what those 2 are and I can give you the EXACT command line for the shortcut..assuming thats where you went wrong..

 

[bsi]

He probably did what I did and downloaded/extracted to somewhere else.

I moved the extracted crd.exe file to the root (C:\ ) and then created the shortcut as RS showed. Voila!!

The properties in the shortcut statement for me where my DVD drive is d: is

c:\cdr.exe close d:

 

[islandman4567]

thanks, guys .

that last line was just what I did and it worked.

you always find the good shit at Radio shack.