cdrom script ErroR... what gives?

[Astalavista]

whats up with the errors?

I hv to hit cancel until it hits G where my cdrom is located for it to begin wpi.hta

[Astalavista]

This happens when Drive E does not hv a cd in it. If there is a cd no errors.

[bart of borg]

I have the same thing happening......is there a fix or an explanation? I don't want to have to have the DVD\CD trays all full to avoid this....

[bart of borg]

bump....I see alot of people have read this but still no answers? Has anyone else noticed this problem?

[Kelsenellenelvian]

for %%i in (C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) do if exist %%i:\wpi.icon set CDROM=%%i:

echo Found CD-Rom as drive %CDROM%

This is what I use and usually have my disk in a lower drive without the other drives having crap in them.

Notice that i have one more % try this it is the only thing I can think of.

**** I just got the same prob.

[Astalavista]

pls highlight which % you are talking about thanks!

[bart of borg]

I'll try yours although I doubt it will work....it looks the same to me.....

Asta, Did you remember anything yet on how you fixed this?

[Astalavista]

I can't remember what i edited before. I got the idea from britishbulldog.

[BritishBulldog]

Hi guys

I use this and get no errors

FOR %%d IN (D: E: F: G: H: I: J: K: L: M: N: O: P: Q: R: S: T: U: V: W: X: Y: Z:) DO IF EXIST %%d\win51 SET CDROM=%%d

[Astalavista]

your alive! long time no see BB what happen to you long absence

[Swimming_Bird]

CDROM=%%d

@ asta you are missing that % key

[hasi001]

Hi guys.

Try the following

for %i in (C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) do if exist %i: ( if exist %i:\WIN51 set CDROM=%i: )

If you run directly form command prompt use only 1 % sign.

In a batch script (.bat, .cmd) you'll have to use 2 % signs.

Replace WIN51 with the file name you're looking for.

This script first looks, If a drive letter exists and only checks for a file, if it does. Works fine on my machine.

A simple tryout: Open a command prompt and execute this:

if exist Z:\ (echo yes) else (echo no)

replace Z with any other drive letter.

For CD-ROMS the answer is yes, if a media in inserted and no, if the dirve letter exists, but no media is found. Try it for you CD-Rom drive letters. Do you get an answer (yes/no) or do you get the error message ?

[Astalavista]

it would be nice hasi if u could make some sort of guide on explanation

about the variables of your wpi.cmd

u should make a wpi.cmd for guiRunOnce and one to be run by RunonceEX.cmd via cdrom.

it would really help most of us.

[Martin Zugec]

WMI, WMI, WMI Why not?

[hasi001]

@Soulin

Tought about you comment. Can't see any solution. Any sense in there ? Or are you just trying to get your third star, spamming around in the forum ? Well - you're welcome. Give an explaination of yout thoughts (1 post more !).