No sound from CD

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Re: V 2003

In normal view, I right-clicked on the CD icon and selected play sound, but
I heard nothing even though the audio CD played fine outside PPT using media
player. I have two CD drives on my desktop (F: and G:). Do you think the
problem is a result of me putting the CD in G: instead of F:? I can't put my
CD in F: because ......

Question: Is there a way to tell PPT to look at G: specifically? If not,
how can I get around this? How to hide F: from PPT? Change something under
control panel?

Appreciate advice.
 
PPT does look for the "first" CD drive -- the one with the first letter. So
it's looking at your F drive. IIRC, to change that, you'd have to recable
them internally, Epinn. I don't know of any other way to force PPT to look
at the other CD drive.
 
PPT does look for the "first" CD drive -- the one with the first letter. So
it's looking at your F drive. IIRC, to change that, you'd have to recable
them internally, Epinn. I don't know of any other way to force PPT to look
at the other CD drive.
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If it's the one with the first letter, you should be able to change that in
(rightclick) My Computer, Manage, Storage, Disk Manager.

Rightclick the device whose letter you want to change and assign a new letter.
If you're trying to swap, say, D and E, you'll have to assign D a higher letter
... z maybe, then make E --> D and finally Z --> E.

If it goes for the first *physical* drive ... time to pop the lid.
 
I have to clarify. I rated Steve's post helpful because of the last
sentence. I never tried renaming the drives.

Epinn

Echo S said:
I seem to recall Sonia saying that just renaming the drives wouldn't work,
though. Hm....

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Steve Rindsberg said:
If it's the one with the first letter, you should be able to change that in
(rightclick) My Computer, Manage, Storage, Disk Manager.

Rightclick the device whose letter you want to change and assign a new letter.
If you're trying to swap, say, D and E, you'll have to assign D a higher letter
... z maybe, then make E --> D and finally Z --> E.

If it goes for the first *physical* drive ... time to pop the lid.


-----------------------------------------
Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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I didn't even think about that helpful/answered the question thing, Epinn.
No worries -- I was just wondering aloud if that would really work is all!
(I was kind of hoping you'd come back and say, "Works great!" <g>)

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Epinn said:
I have to clarify. I rated Steve's post helpful because of the last
sentence. I never tried renaming the drives.

Epinn

Echo S said:
I seem to recall Sonia saying that just renaming the drives wouldn't
work,
though. Hm....

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
PPTLive! San Diego, September 17-20 http://www.pptlive.com


Steve Rindsberg said:
PPT does look for the "first" CD drive -- the one with the first
letter. So
it's looking at your F drive. IIRC, to change that, you'd have to
recable
them internally, Epinn. I don't know of any other way to force PPT to
look
at the other CD drive.


If it's the one with the first letter, you should be able to change
that in
(rightclick) My Computer, Manage, Storage, Disk Manager.

Rightclick the device whose letter you want to change and assign a new
letter.
If you're trying to swap, say, D and E, you'll have to assign D a
higher letter
... z maybe, then make E --> D and finally Z --> E.

If it goes for the first *physical* drive ... time to pop the lid.


-----------------------------------------
Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
================================================
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I have to clarify. I rated Steve's post helpful because of the last
sentence. I never tried renaming the drives.
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<g>

No problem. I'm not competing (except maybe with PPT itself <g>) so I'm not too
worried about the ratings.
 
Really? That's great! (But I must be losing my mind!)
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OOOOppps.

That was "Works for me" as in "If Sonia says it, that works for me; I believe
it."

You may or may not be losing your mind, but if so, this isn't one of the
symptoms. And you know I'm not mean (or sly) enough to have done that just to
mess with your head.
 
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