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The only thing that helped was Windows 8 "repair reinstall" feature.

Finally did repair-reinstall and what PITA it was. I'm a Retail Windows Pro 8.0 owner (with serial for 8.0) and wanted to repair reinstall to 8.1, to which I had upgraded. Just getting that ISO done was 4 hours of work, because most instructions don't work any more (can't use this serial, can't...

Just a minor note. I know what MS promises. And I have done repair re-install myself before. I can guarantee you that the promises MS gives on files, settings, programs not being touched is not always honored by repair-reinstall. How do I know? Because I've tried it and spent days restoring my...

I ran the DISM check and got "No Component store corruption detected." I also installed the x58 Intel chipset INF drivers (and rebooted). NO help also on that. To me it seems like there is something that is taking control of the removable drives (incl. SD-cards, not just opticals) once the...

Thanks. I've been trying to avoid repair install. It messes up so many software and causes several days of work to get my work system up to speed. Yes, I fully acknowledge that if I can't find any other solution, esp. soon, I'll have to resort to that. Thank you for your help.

I just installed a brand new BD-RE drive (SATA) and it exhibits the exact same issues: 1) Drive burns 100% ok (disc verify and scan perfect) 2) Drive reads data 100% ok (I can read data using an additional software, just not in file explorer) 3) I can NOT browse the contents of any disc from...

Popey, Thanks for the suggestion. Yes, I Have run sfc /scannow in an administrator command prompt. No problems were found.

Thanks. I have six drives. On two separate logical controllers, using four different cables.I I've rechecked them all. Yet, the problem persists. However, the drives are working 100% fine. I just can't browse the contents of the discs from File Explorer.

Thanks TairikuOkami. I tried all those. Still the same problem :(

Thank you for your input. I tried this (Device Manager / Uninstall / OK / Reboot) as Administrator: However, this did not cure the problem. All the drives are 100% functioning (6 of them), they are not broken. They are on 2 separate controllers and the controllers are also working fine...

FIXED:"Please Insert Disc" prompt when DVD is in drive SOLUTION: Windows 8.1 repair install from original media. I keep getting this error: When I try to click on a dvd drive, which has a DVD inside. It doesn't matter which of my DVD drives nor which DVD disc is used. So, Windows doesn't...

I have the exact same issue in safe mode. Explorer.exe goes into crash - restart - crash ... infinite loop by itself, with the error: "Instruction at 0x8000eef7 reverenced memory at 0x00000018. The memory could not be read." Anybody got any ideas?

Addition: I just noticed the following: If I have DVD-discs inside the drives (with tray closed) when I reboot my computer, I can access/browse the contents of those discs from within File Explorer / Windows normally right after the reboot and File Explorer shows the labels of the discs incl...

FIXED:Can NOT browse / Open DVD, Audio CD or Blu-Ray discs EDIT 7-11-2014. The solution was Windows 8 repair re-install. Warning it is slow, may not work easily for Windows 8 (not 8.1) serial owners and resets quite a lot of your advanced settings. So be prepared to spend time in manually...

Thanks for all the suggestions. I will keep on digging. Re-installing all my apps/their prefs/all my settings and configuring my workspace again is 3-4 days of full work, as I don't have a working IMAGE (duh!). Ah well, time to learn that MS point upgrades are NOT the same as the old style...

Thanks. I tried it and it claimed "fixed", but right after and then after a reboot, the problem persists.

A new user has the exact same issue :(

RE: lnkfile key [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile] @="Shortcut" "EditFlags"=dword:00000001 "FriendlyTypeName"="@shell32.dll,-4153" "IsShortcut"="" "NeverShowExt"="" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\CLSID] @="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex]...

Can you explain how to read/interpret the: "@=hex" parts? I don't know how to search/visually browser for identical things on my registry. Everything else is the same, I just need to confirm the hex parts. Google search terms bring up nothing useful (thanks Google, for destroying literal...

Could somebody please post the contents of the following Registry Key? HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile Thank you!