How do you keep the DVD drive from opening when you get the message "please insert a disk into drive"?

Question

In Windows Explorer, when I click on the drive that happens to be my cd/dvd drive, I get the message "please insert a disk into drive", which might be OK, but then the DVD drive opens and I have to close it. I consider this very rude and I do not like it. Is there a way I can keep the DVD drive from opening when it is empty and Windows tries to access it?

Answer 1

You can effectively stop the 'rude' auto eject behavior by disabling the built-in CD burning settings.

Quick Solution:

• Set the following value in the Registry:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoCDBurning"=dword:00000001

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Solution:

• Open the Local Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc).

  

• Navigate to User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Windows Explorer.

• Find and double click the Remove CD Burning features setting.

  

• Change the setting to Enabled, and click Okay.

  

• Log off and then log back in.

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Before:

• Context menu (notice the Burn to disc option).

  

• When we double click the drive, this message pops up and the disc tray pops open. >:(

  

After:

• CD Burning has been disabled. (The Format... option is gone, too...)

  

• When we double click the drive, the disc tray does not eject! :D (I don't know why they changed the spelling of 'disc'...)