I thought this sounded pretty cool! Alas, my experience went as follows:

- Installed
- Selected some files
- Right-clicked and selected to burn

When I got to the 'Select a Disc Recorder' dialog, there were no burners in the list. (Yes, of course I have one).

I've got a Dell XPS M140 running Win XP/SP3. The burner is the one that came standard with it -- I don't really know much about it, but it shows up in the device manager as 'HL-DT-ST CDRW/DVD GCC4244'.

I will grant that I've got a fair amount of off-the-beaten-path software installed, but none of it has ever stopped my burner from being seen before.

:-(

/John

Hi. Thanks for the quick response.

I didn't think this was likely the problem, as I am the administrator. There's only one user of this machine, and I'm it. All the same, I followed the steps outlined in the article you referenced, and it didn't seem to affect the outcome; my burner still does not show up in Explore&Burn's list.

In the interest of full disclosure, I should add the following: When I install Explore&Burn, I am doing so in a virtual environment created by an app called Returnil (http://www.returnilvirtualsystem.com/products). I always do this when I install new software, so that if I decide right away I wish I hadn't, I can back out cleanly. Any reason to think this would be affecting Explore&Burn's ability to see the burner? Running under Returnil has never seemed to affect an application's ability to work properly before, though I don't recall ever trying to access the CD burner while doing so. I just tried running another burning app I've got (Burrrn), and it seems to see the device fine while under Returnil.

/John

Hi. Thanks again.

I don't know much about either Returnil's virtual environment, nor about accessing the CD-R/W. I'm inclined to think you're right.

I don't run Returnil regularly; the only reason I ever use it is to try out new software without risk of cluttering my system with something I don't end up wanting. If Explore&Burn has a clean uninstall, I'm cheerful to try installing it outside of Returnil's virtual environment and see if the problem goes away.

/John