Solved Right clicking(only) a DVD/CD Brings up an Error

Edson

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Hello, yesterday I was trying to install Exact Audio Copy to be able to RIP CD's to FLAC, the program went unresponsive and later I found out that my drive cannot produce FLAC files so I uninstalled it. Since then I get an error when trying to play CD/DVDs via right click. The screenshot below shows what this looks like, I cannot right click any type of disk, and it shows a weird reading "0 out of 7.44 GB free" which i'm not sure if its the default reading. The weird part is that I can play the CD/DVDs using autoplay and by clicking on the single track files. Anyone know a fix for this, I've tried reinstalling my drivers, setting another player as default, and setting windows media player as my default player, but nothing works, any ideas?
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    DVD/CD Drive: TSSTcorp CDDVDW SU-228FB

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Hello Edson, and welcome to Eight Forums.

You might see if downloading and merging the .reg file for the listed Drive option in the tutorial below may be able to help. It will restore the default associations for drives. :)

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/8486-default-file-associations-restore-windows-8-a.html

I tried doing what you told me and it doesn't help much, it looks like I need to restore the whole registry and see if that makes any difference, do you know how to restore the whole registry on windows 8? I was thinking of copying the whole registry from my desktop to this laptop, although I'm not sure what effect that might have on it.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    lenovo G50-70
    CPU
    lenovo intel core i5-420u cpu @ 1.70GHZ ~2.40GHZ
    Memory
    5.89GB Usable RAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel HD Graphics Family
    Sound Card
    Conexant SmartAudio HD
    Screen Resolution
    1366 x 768
    Browser
    Google Chrome
    Antivirus
    Kaspersky
    Other Info
    DVD/CD Drive: TSSTcorp CDDVDW SU-228FB
Don't copy the whole registry; it probably will lead to hauling out the OS DVD or stick and reInstalling OS. If you only meant the portion that covers the CD/DVD operations, I don't know how one can do that.
 

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Don't copy the whole registry; it probably will lead to hauling out the OS DVD or stick and reInstalling OS. If you only meant the portion that covers the CD/DVD operations, I don't know how one can do that.

Thanks, to be honest it's not as big as it is annoying, this is what I get for messing with unfamiliar software. I will try to do a system restore and if that doesn't work, then oh well I'll have to left click DVDs/CDs to play them.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    lenovo G50-70
    CPU
    lenovo intel core i5-420u cpu @ 1.70GHZ ~2.40GHZ
    Memory
    5.89GB Usable RAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel HD Graphics Family
    Sound Card
    Conexant SmartAudio HD
    Screen Resolution
    1366 x 768
    Browser
    Google Chrome
    Antivirus
    Kaspersky
    Other Info
    DVD/CD Drive: TSSTcorp CDDVDW SU-228FB
SOLUTION!!!!!: Finally after restoring my system by clicking the windows key > swiping to the left > settings > change pc settings > update and recovery > recovery > "refresh your PC without affecting your files files", I can right click DVD/CDs and they will play as before. My drive is working just fine now, however you do need to reinstall all the programs you installed after buying your computer, none of your files will be lost even hidden files and recycle bin files.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    lenovo G50-70
    CPU
    lenovo intel core i5-420u cpu @ 1.70GHZ ~2.40GHZ
    Memory
    5.89GB Usable RAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel HD Graphics Family
    Sound Card
    Conexant SmartAudio HD
    Screen Resolution
    1366 x 768
    Browser
    Google Chrome
    Antivirus
    Kaspersky
    Other Info
    DVD/CD Drive: TSSTcorp CDDVDW SU-228FB
Great news :)
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    64-bit Windows 10
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom self built
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K OC'd to 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Internet Speed
    1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
    Browser
    Internet Explorer 11
    Antivirus
    Malwarebyte Anti-Malware Premium
    Other Info
    Logitech Z625 speaker system,
    Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
    APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
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