CD or DVD drive not recognized by Windows after you install an Adobe application

Issue

Windows XP or Windows 2000 doesn't recognize your CD or DVD drive after you install one or more of the following Adobe applications:

-- Audition

-- Encore DVD

-- Photoshop Album

-- Photoshop Elements

-- Premiere Elements

-- Premiere Pro

-- Production Studio

Detail

Other CD and DVD burning applications, such as Roxio Easy CD Creator, are installed on the computer.

Solution: Refresh the CD and DVD drivers list in the Windows registry.

Disclaimer: The registry contains system-related information that is critical to your computer and applications. Before modifying the registry, be sure to make a backup copy of it. Adobe doesn't provide support for problems that arise from improperly modifying the registry. Adobe strongly recommends that you have experience editing system files before you modify the registry. For information on the Windows Registry Editor, see the Windows documentation or contact Microsoft Technical Support.

To refresh the CD and DVD drivers list in the Windows registry:

Important: After you refresh the driver list in the Windows registry, you may need to reinstall any other CD or DVD burning applications on your computer. If you restart Windows after this procedure and other CD or DVD burning applications do not recognize the CD or DVD drive, then reinstall those applications.

1. Remove your Adobe application.

2. Choose Start > Run.

3. Type regedit in the Open text box and click OK.

4. In the Registry Editor dialog box, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class and select the {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} key, which appears as a folder.

5. Select File > Export (Windows XP) or Registry > Export Registry File (Windows 2000).

6. In the Export Registry File dialog box, select Selected Branch under Export Range, name the file (for example, CDDVDkey.reg), and click Save to save the file to the Desktop.

7. In the right panel of the Registry Editor, select the LowerFilters line, and then choose Edit > Delete. Click Yes in the Confirm Key Delete dialog box.

8. Select the UpperFilters line, and then choose Edit > Delete. Click Yes in the Confirm Key Delete dialog box.

9. Close the Registry Editor.

10. Restart Windows.

11. Reinstall your Adobe application.

12. Restart Windows.

Important: If this solution doesn't resolve the problem with the application you reinstalled, you should restore the CD and DVD drivers list in the Windows registry.

To restore the exported CD and DVD drivers list:

1. Double-click the registry key you exported in step 5.

2. Close the Registry Editor.

3. Restart Windows.

Background information

The UpperFilters and LowerFilters keys in the Windows registry store information about CD and DVD burning drivers. When you add or remove CD and DVD burning applications, these registry keys are altered and they can become corrupted. When you remove the registry keys and restart the computer, Windows refreshes the keys. Some applications may use a different burning driver than the application you reinstalled. If the other CD or DVD burning applications installed on your computer cannot access the drive after Windows refreshes the registry keys, you will need to reinstall those applications before they can access the drive.