Earlier today I tried to play a DVD on my Media Center PC and received an odd error message. When I looked in the My Computer window, I found that the icon for my CD/DVD drive had gone missing. In Device Manager, the entry for the NEC ND-3800 DVD-RW drive had a yellow exclamation point next to it, indicating a possible driver problem.
I ran through the usual troubleshooting steps with no success, so I turned to Google, where I ran across this handy-dandy “Restore CD/DVD Drives to Explorer” registry fix at Doug Knox’s Windows Tweaks and Tips site. Worked like a charm.
Doug’s site is filled with great stuff like this. He has helped a whole lot of people through the years, I’m sure. Including me. So thanks, Doug!
I’ve got a special text file list of fixes thanks to Doug Knox that have fixed some nasty things that happened on my system, too. What a great service he provides.