dvd maker missing

[George27]

I noticed this morning on startup that the dvd maker in win7 home premium is missing. In Control panel>add remove programs> Windows features, the dvd maker box is checked. I tried using system restore to an earlier point but I get 0x80070020 error that some driver file was not found. Any idea on how to get the dvd maker back?

Thanks in advance.

[Mr Snrub]

If Windows believes the component is installed, did you just lose the shortcut to it?

Browse to the folder %programfiles% - is there a DVD Maker folder there, and does it have DVDMaker.exe in it?

If not, then I would uninstall the component and then reinstall it.

[Tripredacus]

Is Windows smart enough to hide that program if it does not think you have a DVD writer drive in the computer? I haven't tried burning a DVD at home yet, but I do know that 7 sees my DVD-RW as a CD-ROM (which means I can't burn CDR with Explorer), but at work my PC sees DVD-RW Drive. If your Explorer sees your drive as something other than what you have (it could also say DVD-RAM Drive) you may have a generic driver installed. Just an idea.