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and thanks for trying to help, btw
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Yea, unfortunately you cannot assign a key to open the tray. You can only make a shortcut through an icon.

 

Sorry.

 

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Well don't keep it a secret, how do I create a desktop icon that I can associate to open the CD drawer?

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Many thanks for your tip. I have a Toshiba Satelite C5o on which the cd drive is a sod to open.

I used your tip, put a shortcut on the desktop and "Hey-presto" a double click and we're swingin.

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Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!  That's a wonderful gadget!!

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Thank you so much for sharing the link for the eject gadget!

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@lions99 wrote:

 

Yea, unfortunately you cannot assign a key to open the tray. You can only make a shortcut through an icon.

 

Sorry.

 


Not quite true.  I had a wonderful Logitech keyboard that had a key for opening/closing the tray.  However, it took a coffee break - sigh.  I replaced it with a Microsoft Wave keyboard.  I didn't discover that it didn't have that key until after I purchased it, sigh.

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Published answer begins with "Click the Start Menu", but Windows 8 has no such thing.  I have found a way via the keyboard of ejecting the CD before, but didn't write it down, and have spent 15 minutes so far trying to rediscover it.  

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@Nighthunter226 wrote:

Hi, What OS (Operating System eg. Windows 7, Vista, 😎 are you using?

And please refrain from snarky comments, our experts are doing their best


snarky? experts? maybe experts need to "READ" the question with their "EXPERT" eyes

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