Optical Drives

Greetings All-

When I use the "Eject" button when right clicking on an optical drive in my
computer it only opens the drive but does not close it.

Would anyone happen to know of a fix for this or how I could change my
settings to make it both open and close when clicking the eject button?

Thank you in advance.

Elaine Beauxrauxgard-Weiderhoff

Big_Al
Sun Aug 31 09:35:26 PDT 2008

NJITGS wrote:
> Greetings All-
>
> When I use the "Eject" button when right clicking on an optical drive in my
> computer it only opens the drive but does not close it.
>
> Would anyone happen to know of a fix for this or how I could change my
> settings to make it both open and close when clicking the eject button?
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Elaine Beauxrauxgard-Weiderhoff
>
>
So the first click of eject opens, but the 2nd click then does not close
it. Is that what you are saying?

NJITGS
Sun Aug 31 10:04:06 PDT 2008


Precisely.


"Big_Al" <BigAl@md.com> wrote in message
news:u8iSVe4CJHA.4340@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> NJITGS wrote:
>> Greetings All-
>>
>> When I use the "Eject" button when right clicking on an optical drive in
>> my computer it only opens the drive but does not close it.
>>
>> Would anyone happen to know of a fix for this or how I could change my
>> settings to make it both open and close when clicking the eject button?
>>
>> Thank you in advance.
>>
>> Elaine Beauxrauxgard-Weiderhoff
> So the first click of eject opens, but the 2nd click then does not close
> it. Is that what you are saying?

Unknown
Sun Aug 31 10:43:37 PDT 2008

Cannot be done.
"NJITGS" <njitgs@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:%235y7NQ4CJHA.4704@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Greetings All-
>
> When I use the "Eject" button when right clicking on an optical drive in
> my computer it only opens the drive but does not close it.
>
> Would anyone happen to know of a fix for this or how I could change my
> settings to make it both open and close when clicking the eject button?
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Elaine Beauxrauxgard-Weiderhoff
>

Big_Al
Sun Aug 31 13:30:26 PDT 2008

NJITGS wrote:
> Precisely.
>
>
> "Big_Al" <BigAl@md.com> wrote in message
> news:u8iSVe4CJHA.4340@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> NJITGS wrote:
>>> Greetings All-
>>>
>>> When I use the "Eject" button when right clicking on an optical drive in
>>> my computer it only opens the drive but does not close it.
>>>
>>> Would anyone happen to know of a fix for this or how I could change my
>>> settings to make it both open and close when clicking the eject button?
>>>
>>> Thank you in advance.
>>>
>>> Elaine Beauxrauxgard-Weiderhoff
>> So the first click of eject opens, but the 2nd click then does not close
>> it. Is that what you are saying?
>
>
I would think its the cd driver that is doing that, but in researching
the issue, I got some hits on google for 3rd party programs that will do
what you are looking for. You might want to try 'eject button does not
close cd'.

easymike29
Sun Aug 31 14:36:29 PDT 2008

This will do what you want.
http://www.rjlsoftware.com/software/utility/traycd/
Gene

NJITGS wrote:
>Greetings All-
>
>When I use the "Eject" button when right clicking on an optical drive in my
>computer it only opens the drive but does not close it.
>
>Would anyone happen to know of a fix for this or how I could change my
>settings to make it both open and close when clicking the eject button?
>
>Thank you in advance.
>
>Elaine Beauxrauxgard-Weiderhoff

--
Message posted via http://www.windowskb.com

Ramesh
Sun Aug 31 21:31:51 PDT 2008

Hi NJITGS,

Not sure if this can be done. As a workaround, you can add a "Close CD Tray"
option in the Context menu for optical drives. See:

http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/create-shortcuts-to-eject-and-close-cddvd-drive/

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog


"NJITGS" <njitgs@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:%235y7NQ4CJHA.4704@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Greetings All-
>
> When I use the "Eject" button when right clicking on an optical drive in
> my computer it only opens the drive but does not close it.
>
> Would anyone happen to know of a fix for this or how I could change my
> settings to make it both open and close when clicking the eject button?
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Elaine Beauxrauxgard-Weiderhoff
>

NJITGS
Mon Sep 01 09:26:38 PDT 2008

Thank you all so much for your replies! Both solutions by EasyMike and
Ramesh worked excellent!

Although bother did exactly what I expected, I m more partial to the add-on
provided by Ramish that adds the "Close Tray" option to the context menu
(right click). It was a little tricky to figure out at first, you have to
download and add the Nirsoft add-on to the Windows folder then dl and
install the add-on to place the "Close Tray" option in the context menu, it
worked beautifully!

Thank you again for shinning through....!

E B-W
"NJITGS" <njitgs@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:%235y7NQ4CJHA.4704@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Greetings All-
>
> When I use the "Eject" button when right clicking on an optical drive in
> my computer it only opens the drive but does not close it.
>
> Would anyone happen to know of a fix for this or how I could change my
> settings to make it both open and close when clicking the eject button?
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Elaine Beauxrauxgard-Weiderhoff
>

Unknown
Mon Sep 01 10:23:21 PDT 2008

I must say I learned something new. Had no idea that was possible.
"NJITGS" <njitgs@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:%237gKI%23EDJHA.4340@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Thank you all so much for your replies! Both solutions by EasyMike and
> Ramesh worked excellent!
>
> Although bother did exactly what I expected, I m more partial to the
> add-on provided by Ramish that adds the "Close Tray" option to the context
> menu (right click). It was a little tricky to figure out at first, you
> have to download and add the Nirsoft add-on to the Windows folder then dl
> and install the add-on to place the "Close Tray" option in the context
> menu, it worked beautifully!
>
> Thank you again for shinning through....!
>
> E B-W
> "NJITGS" <njitgs@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:%235y7NQ4CJHA.4704@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Greetings All-
>>
>> When I use the "Eject" button when right clicking on an optical drive in
>> my computer it only opens the drive but does not close it.
>>
>> Would anyone happen to know of a fix for this or how I could change my
>> settings to make it both open and close when clicking the eject button?
>>
>> Thank you in advance.
>>
>> Elaine Beauxrauxgard-Weiderhoff
>>
>
>

NJITGS
Mon Sep 01 20:03:19 PDT 2008

Thank you all so much for your replies! Both solutions by EasyMike and
Ramesh worked excellent!

Although both did exactly what I expected, I'm more partial to the add-on
provided by Ramish that adds the "Close Tray" option to the context menu
(right click). It was a little tricky to figure out at first, you have to
download and add the Nirsoft add-on to the Windows folder then download and
install the add-on to place the "Close Tray" option in the context menu. It
worked beautifully!

Thank you again for shinning through....!

E B-W

"NJITGS" <njitgs@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:%235y7NQ4CJHA.4704@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Greetings All-
>
> When I use the "Eject" button when right clicking on an optical drive in
> my computer it only opens the drive but does not close it.
>
> Would anyone happen to know of a fix for this or how I could change my
> settings to make it both open and close when clicking the eject button?
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Elaine Beauxrauxgard-Weiderhoff
>

Ramesh
Mon Sep 01 22:37:16 PDT 2008

You're welcome E B-W!

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog


"NJITGS" <njitgs@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:%237gKI%23EDJHA.4340@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Thank you all so much for your replies! Both solutions by EasyMike and
> Ramesh worked excellent!
>
> Although bother did exactly what I expected, I m more partial to the
> add-on provided by Ramish that adds the "Close Tray" option to the context
> menu (right click). It was a little tricky to figure out at first, you
> have to download and add the Nirsoft add-on to the Windows folder then dl
> and install the add-on to place the "Close Tray" option in the context
> menu, it worked beautifully!
>
> Thank you again for shinning through....!
>
> E B-W
> "NJITGS" <njitgs@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:%235y7NQ4CJHA.4704@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Greetings All-
>>
>> When I use the "Eject" button when right clicking on an optical drive in
>> my computer it only opens the drive but does not close it.
>>
>> Would anyone happen to know of a fix for this or how I could change my
>> settings to make it both open and close when clicking the eject button?
>>
>> Thank you in advance.
>>
>> Elaine Beauxrauxgard-Weiderhoff
>>
>
>