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Cd drive detecting

How can I find a letter drive is Cd drive??
Nov 17 '05 #1
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One way is to use (p/invoke) GetDriveType() Win32 API:

[DllImport("kernel32.dll")]

public static extern uint GetDriveType(string lpRootPathName);

If the return value is 5, then it is CD-ROM.

The other option to do the same is to use WMI.
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