T21 DVD Drive is listed as CD Drive in Explorer

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T21 DVD Drive is listed as CD Drive in Explorer

#1 Post by iann070 » Sun May 21, 2006 9:35 pm

After a fresh install of Windows XP on my T21 I've noticed that in Windows Explorer the DVD Drive is listed as a CD Drive.
I know that it's a DVD Drive as I've played DVD movies on it and it's also listed as a DVD-ROM Drive in Device Manager.
I did find a Registry hack on the net where it tells you to create a "DriveIcons" key and you can then change the name of the drive to anything you like, such as "DVD Drive", but after following those instructions and rebooting the T21, it still came up as a CD Drive in Windows Explorer.
Anyone know what the correct procedure is to change the name to "DVD Drive"?

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#2 Post by TonyJZX » Mon May 22, 2006 4:21 am

Mine says CD drive as well.

Win2000 but. Doesn't bother me.

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#3 Post by iann070 » Wed May 24, 2006 9:25 pm

I finally found a registry hack that works and now my DVD Drive does show up as a DVD Drive.
It wasn't really bothering me but I thought it would be good if it would list the drive properly just for correctness, and in case I sold my T21.

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