"some other applications try to access the drives and in few cases, if there is no disc in the drive, then will
stop and return error messages."
What applications are these? Maybe they have settings people can comment on.
Bob
How to Stop Applications Accessing CD ROM Drives
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Based on recommendations at this forum, I have
stopped opening files directly from the discs
in the CD-ROM drives, when using: WordPad,
NotePad, Acrobat Reader etc.
I might have used it, because now some other
applications try to access the drives and in few
cases, if there is no disc in the drive, then will
stop and return error messages.
I tried RUN >>> RegEdit >>> Key word: Drive
letters of the drive (F:\ and G:\) and delete
some enteries, but no success.
None of the *.INI files at C:\Windows have
any reference to these drive letters.
Can someone recommend some alternate procedure.
Thanks
Frankie

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