This thread...
http://social.technet.microsoft.com...explorer-auto-disc-eject?forum=itprovistaapps
suggests there is a method whose side-effect is to
disable the behavior. It seems unbelievable there
isn't a registry entry that just controls the tray
behavior.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
NoCDBurning (DWORD) 1
That (apparently) turns off built-in Windows optical
disc burning, which you can replace with Imgburn
or Nero. Maybe that means no more Drag and Drop burning
(unless a third party application does it).
You can try the doc here, and see if there is something
else available.
https://web.archive.org/web/2009030...4e-66cd-4b91-9e0f-68363245c495&DisplayLang=en
Looks like WindowsServer2008andWindowsVistaSP1GroupPolicySettings.xls
isn't available, so I have to take the crappy xlsx instead. Line 2620
here, refers to the above registry entry. (It opened in my
PowerPointViewer, after a conversion step ran. i have some
package loaded, to deal with converting modern docx formats.)
http://download.microsoft.com/downl...008andWindowsVistaSP1GroupPolicySettings.xlsx
Examples of what to do with it... I think
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/muaddib/archive/2009/04/30/group-policy-resources.aspx
I'm not seeing any other entries in there that look interesting.
*******
Imgburn was completely free at one time, but if you
get a copy now, may have toolbars or other surprises.
So don't be in too much of a rush when installing it.
If I need to install that on a newer machine, I
just find one of my old downloads of it. It's a nice
program otherwise.
You can notice the application "putting on weight"
around 2.5.1.0
For whatever that is worth.
http://www.oldapps.com/imgburn.php
Paul
