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I explain better: On my workplace, all the dumb users has taken the wrong habit to leave the cd tray open forever on all computers...

Explain that they must close the tray, is just a waste of time: they say "it is way more productive"

There is a software that force-closes the tray automatically every minute?

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  • Users can create some funny mythologies. Jun 16, 2009 at 10:31

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You could use the freeware utility NirCmd (NirSoft: download zip file) and use Windows Scheduling to run this statement every minute:

 C:\Program Files\Wizmo\wizmo.exe cdrom close d:

(example)

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Not sure if the exact tool actually exists, but here is a small command-line utility that could be scheduled to run every 1-5-10-60 minutes.

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Well, what harm does an open CD tray really do?

Of course, someone might break it, but then maybe he'll learn from this (at least if you take loooong to replace the broken drive).

On the other hand, closing the tray automatically will just annoy your user base. Why would you do this?

For me your request looks like child play: they don't wanna play your way, so you're looking for ways to make them by force.
Please. Grow up. Does it really hurt you if they leave the tray open?

The best peaceful solution: get slot-in-drives (Pioneer used to build there, dunno if they still do): No tray, no pain.

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  • Slot-load drives aren't that common these days, except in Macs. Depending on the situation, if the desktop is on the floor, yes, they may break it very easily. And refusing to replace right away could cost your job because that user may be a "VIP" favorite of someone. Jun 16, 2009 at 16:45
  • i would apply this solution just for a few weeks until they understand. For example, last month, they was turning off the server (to save energy, they say) even if there was a "DONT TURN OFF" sticker on it. So, i disconnected the power button, and problem fixed. Now i reconnected the power button, but they still think it won't turn on, so they won't even try to turn it on Jun 16, 2009 at 20:57
  • Well, to me "until they understand" sounds more like "until I have it my way". It's your decision.
    – Sam
    Jun 17, 2009 at 12:44
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I was going to post this list, but as NirCmd is already mentioned by 2 other guys, I suppose you better check that one out first ;-)

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  • O_O so many programs I didn't found so many by googling Jun 16, 2009 at 9:46
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    A bit ashamed to admit it, but I found them using bing :s
    – fretje
    Jun 16, 2009 at 9:47
  • Hahaha. Bing. S'ok, do what you need to get the job done :)
    – squillman
    Jun 16, 2009 at 13:15
  • I had changed my default search provider for a while for the sake of... well you have to try it to be able to speak about it, don't you... and I must say... it only lasted for less than a day... I really think you need more than a 30m$ (or how much was it) campaign to out-perform google on relevance and especially on cleanly-ness (does that word even exist?). I really hate the look and feel... a picture on top of a search engine... WTF?
    – fretje
    Jun 16, 2009 at 14:05
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Just remove the CD players from their machines?

But a scheduled task could be very annoying. If the task happens to run right after the use has opened to tray to insert a cd... and the cd is halfway while the job closes the tray.... clank crash

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  • yes it can be dangerous Jun 16, 2009 at 20:52
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You can use this handy VBS. I use it for ejecting a CD on my Vista-running-on-a-mac setup. Guess it should work both ways

Const CDROM = 4 For Each d in CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject").Drives If d.DriveType = CDROM Then Eject d.DriveLetter & ":\" End If Next

Sub Eject(sDriveLetter) Dim ssfDrives Dim oShell ssfDrives = 17 CreateObject("Shell.Application")_ .Namespace(ssfDrives).ParseName(sDriveLetter).InvokeVerb("Eject") End Sub

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I second thijs' opinion.

Anyway, on linux machines you could try with eject -t. See man page. YMMV.

Ciao --bronto

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  • Sorry, didn't see the "windows" tag before posting :-(
    – bronto
    Jun 16, 2009 at 13:11

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