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.

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.

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.