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04/24/2007 07:39:13 PM · #1 |
My open/close button on my dvd burner has almost completely stopped working, I have to hold it pressed for about 30 seconds to get it open the drawer and that only works about 1/4 of the time.
The thing is I can right click the drive letter and choose "eject" and it pops open without any issues.
My question is-- is there a way to create a shortcut on my desktop to open my dvd drawer with just one click?
I know its not that big of deal going to the properties of the drive and choosing eject, just wondering if there is a shortcut I can create to make things just a little faster.. |
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04/24/2007 07:47:27 PM · #2 |
first off, you can get a new drive for <$20
but to answer your question, if you just drag the drive icon to the desktop to make a shortcut you can right click that and say eject
or you can make a txt file and put in the line:
d: eject
d: being your drive. Then just rename the file drive.bat or whatever .bat
double click the file and it should eject the drive |
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04/24/2007 07:56:29 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by Megatherian:
first off, you can get a new drive for <$20 |
Dude, off the back of a truck or what? pricegrabber.com shows the cheapest +/-RW burner at $29... |
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04/24/2007 07:57:27 PM · #4 |
| I have created the desktop shortcut, the text file souletion doesnt work for me though, I can see a dos box pop up real fast then dissapear, but nothing happens |
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04/24/2007 08:03:27 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by wavelength:
Originally posted by Megatherian:
first off, you can get a new drive for <$20 |
Dude, off the back of a truck or what? pricegrabber.com shows the cheapest +/-RW burner at $29... |
oops, missed the "burner" part. So around $30.
buzzrock - what OS are you using? |
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04/24/2007 08:08:51 PM · #6 |
| I've never tried it but here's a freeware utility |
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04/24/2007 08:45:56 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by Megatherian:
I've never tried it but here's a freeware utility |
Installed it, seems to work good-- I created 2 hotkeys to open & close the drawer, not an option to create a desktop icon to open and close, but its a good solution for now. |
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