How do I disable DirectCD for Windows?
There are two basic approaches: (1) run the uninstall program, or (2) make changes to several entries in the Windows registry. You CANNOT disable it by killing a task. You CANNOT disable it by un-checking it in msconfig. You CANNOT disable it by removing it from the system StartUp list. All these really do is stop the DirectCD control interface from running. The icon is gone from the system tray, but DirectCD itself is still active, which you can verify by inserting an unfinalized packet-written disc. If DirectCD were actually disabled, the disc would be unreadable. Writing data to such a disc without the user interface component active can lead to data corruption, because some of the safeguards are no longer in place. It’s like you’ve taken the steering wheel off the car while it’s still rolling. If you do choose to use one of the “easy” methods, you will probably be okay so long as you don’t try to write to a disc with packet writing. DirectCD puts some drivers in C:\Windows\System\I
(2001/01/06) There are two basic approaches: (1) run the uninstall program, or (2) make changes to several entries in the Windows registry. You CANNOT disable it by killing a task. You CANNOT disable it by un-checking it in msconfig. You CANNOT disable it by removing it from the system StartUp list. All these really do is stop the DirectCD control interface from running. The icon is gone from the system tray, but DirectCD itself is still active, which you can verify by inserting an unfinalized packet-written disc. If DirectCD were actually disabled, the disc would be unreadable. Writing data to such a disc without the user interface component active can lead to data corruption, because some of the safeguards are no longer in place. It’s like you’ve taken the steering wheel off the car while it’s still rolling. If you do choose to use one of the “easy” methods, you will probably be okay so long as you don’t try to write to a disc with packet writing. DirectCD puts some drivers in C:\Win
There are two basic approaches: (1) run the uninstall program, or (2) make changes to several entries in the Windows registry. You CANNOT disable it by killing a task. You CANNOT disable it by un-checking it in msconfig. You CANNOT disable it by removing it from the system StartUp list. All these really do is stop the DirectCD control interface from running. The icon is gone from the system tray, but DirectCD itself is still active, which you can verify by inserting an unfinalized packet-written disc. If DirectCD were actually disabled, the disc would be unreadable. Writing data to such a disc without the UI active can lead to data corruption, because some of the safeguards are no longer in place. It’s like you’ve taken the steering wheel off the car while it’s still rolling. If you do choose to use one of the “easy” methods, you will probably be okay so long as you don’t try to write to a disc with packet writing. DirectCD puts some drivers in C:\Windows\System\Iosubsys\. The set appe
There are two basic approaches: (1) run the uninstall program, or (2) make changes to several entries in the Windows registry. You CANNOT disable it by killing a task. You CANNOT disable it by un-checking it in msconfig. You CANNOT disable it by removing it from the system StartUp list. All these really do is stop the DirectCD control interface from running. The icon is gone from the system tray, but DirectCD itself is still active, which you can verify by inserting an unfinalized packet-written disc. If DirectCD were actually disabled, the disc would be unreadable. Writing data to such a disc without the UI active can lead to data corruption, because some of the safeguards are no longer in place. It’s like you’ve taken the steering wheel off the car while it’s still rolling. If you do choose to use one of the “easy” methods, you will probably be okay so long as you don’t try to write to a disc with packet writing. NOTE: the DirectCD icon in the system tray is different from and indepe
