How to Disable/Delete CDROM device?

[kandukondein]

Hello Gurus
I want to disable/ Delete CDROM device until the user is logged in by my Application. How to do it? I tried using FSCTL_LOCK_VOLUME and i had little luck. The thing is i am able to block reads as FSCTL_LOCK_VOLUME does not allow CD to be Read but I can use any utility to write my files on to the Device. IBM Record Now or Nero clearly writes into the CD eventhough i have my LOCK Set on the Device.

Is there anyway to Disable the CDROM Device soi that no one can read/ write on to the device.

Can anyone please point me some links how it can be done.

Thanks a Lot for ur help
Regards
Kandukondein.

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[golanshahar]

Hello Gurus
I want to disable/ Delete CDROM device until the user is logged in by my Application. How to do it?

Is there anyway to Disable the CDROM Device soi that no one can read/ write on to the device.

Can anyone please point me some links how it can be done.

you can disable the CDROM device via the ::SetupDiXXX api.
it will be disabled like you doing it manually in the device manager "Disable"

if it is what you looking for then you can take a look at Devcon.exe supplied with microsoft DDK its a console app, there is also source code for that in the DDK.

DevCon Command Line Utility Alternative to Device Manager

Cheers