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Show empty DVD drive
Hi All,
In Windows Explorer (WE) (NOT IE), when I want the DVD drive to show even when it does not have a disk inserted, I go into WE Folder Properties and click on "show all folders". Problem: About half the W10 computer I come across do not have this option. Is there a way around this? Maybe a registry switch? Many thanks, -T |
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On 09/10/2016 01:54, T wrote:
Hi All, In Windows Explorer (WE) (NOT IE), when I want the DVD drive to show even when it does not have a disk inserted, I go into WE Folder Properties and click on "show all folders". Problem: About half the W10 computer I come across do not have this option. Is there a way around this? Maybe a registry switch? Many thanks, -T It should show up automatic if you click on "This PC". See this image: Devices & Drives http://i.imgur.com/JczXkvN.png -- With over 400 million devices now running Windows 10, customer satisfaction is higher than any previous version of windows. |
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On 10/08/2016 06:18 PM, Good Guy wrote:
On 09/10/2016 01:54, T wrote: Hi All, In Windows Explorer (WE) (NOT IE), when I want the DVD drive to show even when it does not have a disk inserted, I go into WE Folder Properties and click on "show all folders". Problem: About half the W10 computer I come across do not have this option. Is there a way around this? Maybe a registry switch? Many thanks, -T It should show up automatic if you click on "This PC". See this image: Devices & Drives http://i.imgur.com/JczXkvN.png -- With over 400 million devices now running Windows 10, customer satisfaction is higher than any previous version of windows. Not if it is an ejectable AHCI device. It won't show unless you put a disk into it. But only about 1/2 the time, which is the big mystery. |
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On Sat, 8 Oct 2016 17:54:19 -0700, T wrote:
In Windows Explorer (WE) (NOT IE), when I want the DVD drive to show even when it does not have a disk inserted, I go into WE Folder Properties and click on "show all folders". Problem: About half the W10 computer I come across do not have this option. Is there a way around this? Maybe a registry switch? See this page... http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/7...dows-10-a.html .... which has four different ways to change that setting. (a) I presume you are using this page's "Option Three" to turn on "show all folders". (b) The registry switch is this page's "Option Four". (c) Just FYI, I use this page's "Option One". -- Kind regards Ralph 🦊 |
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On 10/08/2016 08:09 PM, Ralph Fox wrote:
On Sat, 8 Oct 2016 17:54:19 -0700, T wrote: In Windows Explorer (WE) (NOT IE), when I want the DVD drive to show even when it does not have a disk inserted, I go into WE Folder Properties and click on "show all folders". Problem: About half the W10 computer I come across do not have this option. Is there a way around this? Maybe a registry switch? See this page... http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/7...dows-10-a.html ... which has four different ways to change that setting. (a) I presume you are using this page's "Option Three" to turn on "show all folders". (b) The registry switch is this page's "Option Four". (c) Just FYI, I use this page's "Option One". Thank you! |
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"T" wrote in message ... Hi All, In Windows Explorer (WE) (NOT IE), when I want the DVD drive to show even when it does not have a disk inserted, I go into WE Folder Properties and click on "show all folders". Problem: About half the W10 computer I come across do not have this option. Is there a way around this? Maybe a registry switch? Folder options View Untick "Hide empty drives" |
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On 10/09/2016 04:48 AM, dadiOH wrote:
Folder options View Untick "Hide empty drives" Thank you! |
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Show empty DVD drive
On Sat, 08 Oct 2016 17:54:19 -0700, T wrote:
Hi All, In Windows Explorer (WE) (NOT IE), when I want the DVD drive to show even when it does not have a disk inserted, I go into WE Folder Properties and click on "show all folders". Problem: About half the W10 computer I come across do not have this option. Is there a way around this? Maybe a registry switch? Many thanks, -T My version of Linux (Xbuntu) doesn't show an empty drive. Until you put something in it, an empty drive is just a hardware device. Presumably most people don't care unless you just want to know if the drive is loaded, but if it is loaded then it will show up! |
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On 10/09/2016 08:58 AM, Dave C wrote:
On Sat, 08 Oct 2016 17:54:19 -0700, T wrote: Hi All, In Windows Explorer (WE) (NOT IE), when I want the DVD drive to show even when it does not have a disk inserted, I go into WE Folder Properties and click on "show all folders". Problem: About half the W10 computer I come across do not have this option. Is there a way around this? Maybe a registry switch? Many thanks, -T My version of Linux (Xbuntu) doesn't show an empty drive. Until you put something in it, an empty drive is just a hardware device. Presumably most people don't care unless you just want to know if the drive is loaded, but if it is loaded then it will show up! Hi Dave, You mean it shows as an icon on the desktop when you put a disk in the drive. The drive itself in always shows in /dev. $ ls -al /dev/sr0 brw-rw----+ 1 root cdrom 11, 0 Oct 9 15:11 /dev/sr0 Eject: eject /dev/sr0 Inject: eject -t /dev/sr0 You don't have to have a disk in the drive for the above commands to work. Linux is way more flexible about such things than is Windows. -T |
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