Red pointed to a basic eject.exe lately, if I recall correctly: here.

Ya, but it probly won't be able to close the drive.

it didn't closed my drives on XP

so, PKTray is an alternative to me

Red & spyder: it closed the drive for me (WinXP Pro)

Red: in another post you mentioned using a "marker" in a batch file so you could use the same shortcut to open/close the drive, how would i do this?

:Let me write a quick batch file for you.
:.Put eject.exe in a folder included in your path
:-or-
:hard code where you put eject into the code.


@echo off
if exist C:\marker.dat goto closedrive

eject e
echo This is just a marker for the eject batch file.>>C:\marker.dat
echo If it exists, the tray will retract. If not, it ejects.>>C:\marker.dat
echo Coded by Red (aka CutTheRedWire).>>C:\marker.dat
goto end

:closedrive
eject e /l
delete C:\marker.dat

:end

ohh i see
i was thinking that marker was some kind of system wide variable you could set
but that method makes sense

in fact, i'll one up you:

@echo off
if exist ejct%1.mrk goto closeIt

eject %1
echo marker >> ejct%1.mrk
exit

:closeIt
eject %1 /L
del ejct%1.mrk
exit

Usage:
eject.bat E

Oh, boy... that naming could be a problem. You have type the .bat every time. If you rename either the .exe or the .bat, then you could skip the extension.

There may be a way to have it write a variable to memory, but I've never been able to get it to keep it when the dos box closes. There might be another program to do it. I know there is one for the path, but I dount you want to screw with your path just to get this thing working.

You also could add code for a default drive. When you just type in "eject", it would open or close e. Another idea is to have an option for all drives to open/close.

For system-wide variables, you can use Setx, but it's for Win2000+ only (sorry Red ).

<Red> "Oh, boy... that naming could be a problem. You have type the .bat every time. If you rename either the .exe or the .bat, then you could skip the extension. "
Well I have it setup to run with Winkey, so I wasn't really worried about that.

<Red> "You also could add code for a default drive."

Ooooh, how?
I tried writing a batch file before that tested to see if %1 was set, but I couldn't figure it out.

just a lil if work and variable replacing.
You forgot to add quotes around the variable.
See how this would work?
set drive=%1
if "%1"="" set drive=e
:assumes e is your default cd rom drive
Then you just change any %1 to %drive% and you're set.

I didn't realize that batch programming could be as powerful as that even. Thanks for the help Red.

Oh, batch files can do a lot.

Cool, thanks for that link.

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