Displaying a list of CD/DVD drives

[Dev578]

I am using MFC, how would I go about finding and displaying all of the CD/DVD drives of the users computer? I have been looking around for articles, and have not found anything yet. Any help is appreciated. -Dev578

[mmica]

Take a look at _getdrives() and GetDriveType() in MSDN. There is also an example.

[David Crow]

Have you seen the Enumdisk1 sample (article Q264203) on MSDN? It uses the Setup class GUID_DEVCLASS_DISKDRIVE GUID (4D36E967-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318 I think) to enumerate all the disk devices that are installed in the system.

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[David Crow]

mmica wrote: Take a look at _getdrives()... This does not sound like a valid function. Are you sure it exists?

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[Prakash Nadar]

Yeah it does, many microsoft C api/functions starts with _ for some compatiblity issue.

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[Michael Dunn]

GetLogicalDrives() will tell you which drive letters exist on the system. Call GetDriveType() on each one and look for a return of DRIVE_CDROM. --Mike-- Personal stuff:: Ericahist | Homepage Shareware stuff:: 1ClickPicGrabber | RightClick-Encrypt CP stuff:: CP SearchBar v2.0.2 | C++ Forum FAQ ---- Kosh reminded me of some of the prima-donna programmers I've worked with. Knew everything but when you asked them a question; never gave you a straight answer.   -- Michael P. Butler in the Lounge