All the information collectively provided a solution to an irritating Windows 11 problem with the internal DVD-CD ROM driver in my desktop. Thanks very much to Technipages, Mitch Bartlett and the other readers who commented in this discussion thread. I did not bother to do Option #2, since Option #1 fixed the problem. After rebooting the PC, the desktop worked fine - the Format and Erase options showed up immediately on the drop-down menu for the DVD-CD ROM drive when you right-click the drive. I created a backup copy of the entire Registry before attempting changes to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE subsection. I could not create a “REG_DWORD” key without first deleting the similar “REG_SZ” key, so I deleted the SZ key and created a DWORD key, where the value field was automatically populated with a “0” value (i.e. As expected, the desktop had 2 keys in the relevant registry that were not on the laptop, 1 of which was the “NoCDBurning, REG_SZ, value = 0” entry. Since my laptop worked fine, I compared the Registry entries under Option #1 between my laptop and my desktop. I am not as knowledgeable a computer user as many of the readers on this discussion thread, but have a fairly keen sense of logic for problem-solving (which helps with computers), so I had the confidence to explore the options in Mitch Barlett’s write-up, despite a very limited understanding of computer registries.
I did not think my desktop issue was related to either a driver update or hardware issue (troubleshooting all these produced no issues or solutions), so I thought the problem would be some type of settings related issue, but could not find anything in this area of inquiry that resonated until I saw this discussion thread. Like some other readers, after searching the internet and trying a variety of troubleshooting suggestions (none of which worked) for hours, I came across this Technipages discussion thread.
However, the laptop continued to show these options. At some point over the past 9 months, the desktop stopped showing the options to Format and/or Erase in the drop-down menu for the internal DVD-CD ROM driver. I fully update both PC’s at least weekly to Windows and Dell websites. Both PC’s have an internal DVD-CD ROM drive. I have a Dell desktop and a Dell laptop (both PC’s are a few years old), which both run on the most current version of Windows 11. This setting is only for the integrated Windows disc burning features. Set it to “ Disabled” or “ Not Configured” to allow disc burning.ĭoes this setting block disc burining via third-party disc burning applications like Nero? Set the policy to “ Enabled” to disable disc burning.Open the “ Remove CD Burning Features” setting.Go to “ User Configuration” > “ Administrative Templates” > “ Windows Components” > “ File Explorer“.Use the information provided at your own risk. We cannot guarantee that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved.
The ability to drag and drop files to the CD or DVD drive will be disabled as well as the ability to Format discs.ĭisclaimer: Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Log off the current user, then log back in. Double-click on “ NoCDBurning” and you can set the value to “ 1” to disable CD burning or set it to “ 0” to enable it.Click “ Edit” > “ New” > “ DWORD Value“.If it does not exist, you can create a new DWORD value under the Explorer folder by performing the following steps: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE for all users, or HKEY_CURRENT_USER for the currently logged in user.Navigate to the following registry key:.Hold the Windows Key, then press “ R” to bring up the Run dialog box.