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      04-21-2009
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"CookyMonzta via WindowsKB.com" wrote:

> I have a problem with the way my CD/DVD drive icons are showing up in the
> storage devices window. It seems that my machine is displaying the same icon
> regardless of the CD or DVD I put into my DVD drive.
>
> At one time, I put a Windows XP installation CD in my DVD drive, and the
> CD/DVD drive icon was replaced by the HP logo. I put another software or
> game into my DVD drive and I still got the HP logo as the CD/DVD drive icon.
>
> So I tried emptying all of my Prefetch files from my Prefetch folder, and I
> thought I solved the problem when I put the Windows XP CD into the drive and
> got the regular Setup icon. But when I put a different CD into the drive,
> the same Windows XP Setup icon showed up. And when I right-clicked
> 'Properties' on the CD/DVD drive Icon, in some cases there is no icon in the
> upper-left-hand corner next to the name of the CD.
>
> Is there something I need to fix in my registry, to keep the machine from
> displaying the wrong icon (or a stuck icon) whenever I put different CDs or
> DVDs into my DVD drive? Or is there a simpler solution?
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