Cannot do anything with the CD Writing Wizard

[Guest]

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Just recently I noticed that XP's built-in CD Writing Wizard wasn't
working.

I can burn and erase CD-RWs and burn CD-Rs like there's no tomorrow
using media players (WMP, Real, iTunes) and BHA's Recorder, but XP's
own will not work, although it recognises which type of disc is in (RW
or R) and will let me create temporary files ready to burn.

I've noticed that there's no "Recording" tab in the drive properties,
and when I click on "Write these files" or "Erase disk" all I get is
the "Default Beep" sound but no action.

I've checked in the registry for odd policies, and I've tried
uninstalling and reinstalling the drive itself, but all to no avail.
I'm assuming that something I've got installed has disabled it, but
even removing BHA's Recorder made no difference.

Is there a fix to this or am I just going to have to bite the bullet
and buy something worthwhile? (BHA's is a nightmare to use, but it
*was* free!)

 

[Guest]

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Update: TuneUp Registry Editor seemed to be partially responsible.
Having restored the registry backup from one of its sweeps the
"Recording" tab is back.

However, all other issues are still there.

 

[Rock]

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madkingsoup@gmail.com wrote:

> Just recently I noticed that XP's built-in CD Writing Wizard wasn't
> working.
>
> I can burn and erase CD-RWs and burn CD-Rs like there's no tomorrow
> using media players (WMP, Real, iTunes) and BHA's Recorder, but XP's
> own will not work, although it recognises which type of disc is in (RW
> or R) and will let me create temporary files ready to burn.
>
> I've noticed that there's no "Recording" tab in the drive properties,
> and when I click on "Write these files" or "Erase disk" all I get is
> the "Default Beep" sound but no action.
>
> I've checked in the registry for odd policies, and I've tried
> uninstalling and reinstalling the drive itself, but all to no avail.
> I'm assuming that something I've got installed has disabled it, but
> even removing BHA's Recorder made no difference.
>
> Is there a fix to this or am I just going to have to bite the bullet
> and buy something worthwhile? (BHA's is a nightmare to use, but it
> *was* free!)
>
>

Some 3rd party burning software will disable XP's burning capability.
In start | Run | services.msc is the IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service started?


--
Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

 

[Guest]

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It was set to "manual" but I started it anyway. Still the same problem
- the CD Writing Wizard just won't even start.

MKS

 

[Guest]

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I just found something *very* interesting - for whatever strange reason
I tried right-clicking on the CD icon and choosing "Write these files
to CD" and it works.

So the problem isn't with the CD writing itself, it's with the shell,
by the look of it. It's the links in the CD Writing Tasks pane that
don't work - how do I fix these?

MKS

 

[Malke]

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Mad King Soup wrote:

> I just found something *very* interesting - for whatever strange
> reason I tried right-clicking on the CD icon and choosing "Write these
> files to CD" and it works.
>
> So the problem isn't with the CD writing itself, it's with the shell,
> by the look of it. It's the links in the CD Writing Tasks pane that
> don't work - how do I fix these?
>
> MKS

You said you are using a third-party registry cleaner. Do a search with
Google Groups Advanced in this newsgroup for "registry cleaners". Read
the many, many posts. Bottom line, most professionals do not recommend
using a registry cleaner. A registry cleaner is unnecessary in XP.
Uninstall the one you have and see if things work now.

Additionally, the third-party software may have caused problems by
adding entries to the right-click shell extension context menu.
Troubleshoot with the free ShellExView program which you can get here:

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html

Disable all non-MS right-click context menu extensions and then enable
them one at a time, testing after each change.

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

 

[Guest]

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I found that, which was why I restored everything TuneUp had done and
got some funcionality back.

I tried ShellExView and there was nothing there that made any
difference. As I said, the right-clikc context menu works perfectly
with the Cd Writing Wizard - it's the links in the left hand Task Pane
that do nothing at all. :-(

MKS

 

[Guest]

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Have you found anything else out since the last posting? I am experiencing
the same exact problem. However, I have a brand new installation of xp. My
old hard drive died. So this should not be happening with a fresh install of
XP. I have no registry cleaner. Any ideas?

"Mad King Soup" wrote:

> I found that, which was why I restored everything TuneUp had done and
> got some funcionality back.
>
> I tried ShellExView and there was nothing there that made any
> difference. As I said, the right-clikc context menu works perfectly
> with the Cd Writing Wizard - it's the links in the left hand Task Pane
> that do nothing at all. :-(
>
> MKS
>
>