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How to Stop Applications Accessing CD ROM Drives

Nov 28, 2003 10:50AM PST

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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Re:How to Stop Applications Accessing CD ROM Drives
Nov 28, 2003 10:55AM PST

How did you create this duplicate post?

If you can tell, it may help find a way to reduce such.

Like "I used the back and forth buttons on my browser to see if I had a reply." would be nice to know.

Bob

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Re:Re:How to Stop Applications Accessing CD ROM Drives
Nov 28, 2003 9:47PM PST

Mr. Proffitt:

I didn't do any thing special to creat the duplicate
post. It most probably is e glitch by the
server of this site.


Regarding to msg at the other listing.


The most problamatic item is a small batch file,
which I run once in a while from DOS Mode.
It has only 2 lines. The complete contents
of this file is reproduced below ( I call it:

SmallReg.Bat

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REM BATCH FILE TO REDUCE REGISTRY SIZE
REM Rx @ PC WORLD, April, 2001
REM
REM CAUTION: Run This file Only after Booting from
REM Floppy Boot Disk / i.e.: DOS Mode
REM
REM Don't try it from: Shut Down from
REM Windows's Mode to Re-Start in MS-DOS Mode
REM The files are still in Memoray. The
REM operation will FAIL and your Registry
REM Files will be deleted
REM
REM Strongly Recommend that you back up the
REM Registry, prior to running this file
REM
REM
REM
regedit /e temp.reg
regedit /c temp.reg


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It does work and has never messed up the registery,
except once, when I tried to execute it from:

Windows Mode >>> Re-Start in MS-DOS Mode


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The other program which tries to access the
CD-ROM drive is:

Mozilla Monster's Editor


I have a seperate short cut for this fellow,
which can be created by adding: -edit at the
end of: Mozilla.Exe


Thanks for your interest


Frankie

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They are still looking for clues on the duplicate post problem.
Nov 28, 2003 10:17PM PST

I see you mention Mozilla. Could you have used Mozilla? Could you have pressed the refresh. Clues from any duplicate post maker would be interesting to add to the pile of knowledge.

Bob

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Re:They are still looking for clues on the duplicate post problem.
Nov 29, 2003 8:12AM PST

I use IE for this forum (because had saved the link
here) and didn't use Refresh button.

Might have used the back button


Frankie

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Re:Re:Re:How to Stop Applications Accessing CD ROM Drives
Nov 29, 2003 12:52AM PST
I didn't do any thing special to creat the duplicate post. It most probably is e glitch by the server of this site.

In all probablility -- since I've noted elsewhere that it will happen, when a user refreshes the forum page (F5 or simply clicking Refresh) a duplicate of an input may happen. It's been suggested to always use a link back to the same forum when wanting this action -- this until some of the bugs are worked out.