Eject and Close CD/DVD Tray - Add to Desktop Context Menu

IownAmoneyPit said:

Thanks for this Brink & have a merry Christmas.

You're welcome mate. I hope you and your family have a Merry Christmas as well. :)

Hello Subpatro, and welcome to Seven Forums.

Unfortunately, a lot of laptop DVD drives have to be manually pushed closed since they do not have a motor to pull it closed. In this case, the context menu would not be able to close it.

Hello Jarp,

Did you download the 64-bit NirCMD, and put it in your System32 folder?

Double check to make sure that you didn't miss any of the steps by mistake.

Is this a tray or slot DVD drive, and is it for a laptop or desktop?

Hi Brink.,
A) If you "change" the drive letter in the script file, does it "show" on the right-click desktop context menu? B) If you have dual drives you want this right-click to work for, can you "specify" the drive letter for each drive, and have 2 of these commands on the right-click desktop context menu @ the same time? Drives are E: & F: and powered open / close. C) Wonder if there's a script / program to actually add these commands to the right-click drive shortcut icons on my desktop? I am currently using HiCDEject v1.0 but the right-click on the icon beside the clock is buggy at times and this is required to "select" the drive open / close. It's a really neat little program when it works. Thanks Brink for your reply.

Hello Chuck,

Answers inline. :)

Chuckamundo said:

A) If you "change" the drive letter in the script file, does it "show" on the right-click desktop context menu?

No. You would need to change the .reg file for the drive letter as well since that's just the text to be displayed in the context menu. You could just add a drive letter like below to do so.

Code:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DesktopBackground\Shell\Eject/Close E: CD/DVD Tray]
"icon"="imageres.dll,-30"
 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DesktopBackground\Shell\Eject/Close E: CD/DVD Tray\command]
@="Eject-Close_CD-DVD.bat"

Chuckamundo said:

B) If you have dual drives you want this right-click to work for, can you "specify" the drive letter for each drive, and have 2 of these commands on the right-click desktop context menu @ the same time? Drives are E: & F: and powered open / close.

Yes. You would need to modify and create two .bat files for each drive letter. You would also need to modify the .reg file to add a second context menu for the other driver letter. Substitute your drive letters below instead.

BAT File:

Code:

IF EXIST %TEMP%\DVDOPEN GOTO :CD/DVDCLOSE
:CD/DVDOPEN
    echo 1 > %TEMP%\DVDOPEN
    start "" nircmd.exe cdrom open E:
    exit
:CD/DVDCLOSE
    DEL %TEMP%\DVDOPEN
    start "" nircmd.exe cdrom close E:

REG file:

Code:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DesktopBackground\Shell\Eject/Close E: CD/DVD Tray]
"icon"="imageres.dll,-30"
 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DesktopBackground\Shell\Eject/Close E: CD/DVD Tray\command]
@="Eject-Close_CD-DVD_E.bat"
 
 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DesktopBackground\Shell\Eject/Close F: CD/DVD Tray]
"icon"="imageres.dll,-30"
 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DesktopBackground\Shell\Eject/Close F: CD/DVD Tray\command]
@="Eject-Close_CD-DVD_F.bat"

Chuckamundo said:

C) Wonder if there's a script / program to actually add these commands to the right-click drive shortcut icons on my desktop? I am currently using HiCDEject v1.0 but the right-click on the icon beside the clock is buggy at times and this is required to "select" the drive open / close.

You could modify the .reg file to use the registry path below instead, but the context menu will be there for all drives, and not just CD/DVD drives.

Code:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\Shell\Eject/Close CD/DVD Tray]
"icon"="imageres.dll,-30"
 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\Shell\Eject/Close CD/DVD Tray\command]
@="Eject-Close_CD-DVD.bat"

Hi Brink.

Thank you sir for the "gorey" details! Never did learn the @ % "" stuff but know the application(s). FYI, scripts / reg file world is ALWAYS black / white, it either works and always works, or you forgot the dang " somewhere. Thanks again & i'll post a prognosis when i have "played" with the above.

You're most welcome. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. :)

Hi Master Brink.

It's alive, ALIVE, A L I V E! Yes, it works, for E & F drives, very simple & that's the way it is and should be. Now, to really put that grey matter to the test! There ARE programs that "add" right-click options to icon shortcuts (ie: the / my desktop drive icons for E & F) or is there a way to "specify" in the registry or system tweak to do this? The batch and Nir program work flawlessly. Thanks for your reply.