Sidebar locking cdrom0

Hi

I use ImgBurn to burn ISO files and the program always pops up up an error
message about not being able to lock the cd drive for exclusve access.

After a bit of digging using Sysinternals Process Explorer I discovered that
every time a disk is inserted sidebar.exe opens a file handle to
\device\CdRom0.

If I use ImgBurn without the sidebar running I don't get the error, which
confirns that sidebar.exe is the cause. Anyone know why sidebar.exe would
need to lock the cd? I don't have any gadgets on there that need access to it.
--
Chris Blake

"Fearful1138" <> wrote in message
news:9FE5943A-1F98-4859-B9F5-...
> Hi
>
> I use ImgBurn to burn ISO files and the program always pops up up an error
> message about not being able to lock the cd drive for exclusve access.
>
> After a bit of digging using Sysinternals Process Explorer I discovered
> that
> every time a disk is inserted sidebar.exe opens a file handle to
> \device\CdRom0.
>
> If I use ImgBurn without the sidebar running I don't get the error, which
> confirns that sidebar.exe is the cause. Anyone know why sidebar.exe would
> need to lock the cd? I don't have any gadgets on there that need access to
> it.
> --
> Chris Blake




I'd still suspect that one of your gadgets is the culprit.

Try uninstalling (+later reinstalling) any of the likely suspects, and see
if that resolves the issue.

--
Jon

I saw the same error happening with ImgBurn when I used it the other day.
That didn't prevent using it BTW. I didn't look for a cause at the time but
I have noticed another quirk with Sidebar. It adds a volume control slider
into the windows mixer utility, either for itself or for assorted sidebar
gadgets that don't have any audio functions. That could be related to cdrom
issue.



"Jon" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> "Fearful1138" <> wrote in message
> news:9FE5943A-1F98-4859-B9F5-...
>> Hi
>>
>> I use ImgBurn to burn ISO files and the program always pops up up an
>> error
>> message about not being able to lock the cd drive for exclusve access.
>>
>> After a bit of digging using Sysinternals Process Explorer I discovered
>> that
>> every time a disk is inserted sidebar.exe opens a file handle to
>> \device\CdRom0.
>>
>> If I use ImgBurn without the sidebar running I don't get the error, which
>> confirns that sidebar.exe is the cause. Anyone know why sidebar.exe would
>> need to lock the cd? I don't have any gadgets on there that need access
>> to it.
>> --
>> Chris Blake
>
>
>
>
> I'd still suspect that one of your gadgets is the culprit.
>
> Try uninstalling (+later reinstalling) any of the likely suspects, and
> see if that resolves the issue.
>
> --
> Jon
>
>
>

Oh I know. It's never stopped me using it.

I've got the the bottom of it, turns out it was my BBC Radio Player gadget.
It was trying to open a folder named E:\VIDEO_TS\ and another bunch of stuff
on the same drive when a CDRW was inserted (e:\ is my CD drive). Why it does
this is a mystery.

Sysinterals utilities rock!
--
Chris Blake


"RalfG" wrote:

> I saw the same error happening with ImgBurn when I used it the other day.
> That didn't prevent using it BTW. I didn't look for a cause at the time but
> I have noticed another quirk with Sidebar. It adds a volume control slider
> into the windows mixer utility, either for itself or for assorted sidebar
> gadgets that don't have any audio functions. That could be related to cdrom
> issue.
>
>
>
> "Jon" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
> > "Fearful1138" <> wrote in message
> > news:9FE5943A-1F98-4859-B9F5-...
> >> Hi
> >>
> >> I use ImgBurn to burn ISO files and the program always pops up up an
> >> error
> >> message about not being able to lock the cd drive for exclusve access.
> >>
> >> After a bit of digging using Sysinternals Process Explorer I discovered
> >> that
> >> every time a disk is inserted sidebar.exe opens a file handle to
> >> \device\CdRom0.
> >>
> >> If I use ImgBurn without the sidebar running I don't get the error, which
> >> confirns that sidebar.exe is the cause. Anyone know why sidebar.exe would
> >> need to lock the cd? I don't have any gadgets on there that need access
> >> to it.
> >> --
> >> Chris Blake
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I'd still suspect that one of your gadgets is the culprit.
> >
> > Try uninstalling (+later reinstalling) any of the likely suspects, and
> > see if that resolves the issue.
> >
> > --
> > Jon
> >
> >
> >
>