Getting the system profile

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Totally surprising that I DID find it on Win2000 and furnished the path 
isn't it?

My test was based on the shell returning the info which it didn't but now 
I know 
you could use mci instead...

Total cheers
Xavier

On 11/07/2003 09:49:18 metacard-admin wrote:
>MisterX writes:
>[snip]
>>
>>
>> sorry
>>
>> C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared>msinfo32
>> 'msinfo32' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
>> operable program or batch file.
>>
>> can't be retrieved from a vanilla mswin2000
>
>Totally not surprising that you don't find msinfo32.exe on Win2000; I 
think
>winmsd.exe is still used. If you carefully read what I posted, "BTW, WIN 
XP
>pro uses msinfo32.exe in place of winmsd.exe"... No mention of Win2000, 
is
>there?
>
>Find it here in Win XP pro
>C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\MSInfo\msinfo32.exe
>
>> but im interested if you find it...
>> it's also an msc so maybe with vbs...
>>
>> but why go that far?
>
>Maybe because the output includes some of the info Shari requested? Here 
is
>a slice of it:
>
>Drive          E:
>Description    CD-ROM Drive
>Media Loaded   no
>Name           CD-ROM Drive/G6D
>Status         OK
>
>Drive          F:
>Description    CD-ROM Drive
>Media Loaded   no
>Name           YAMAHA CRW3200E
>Status         OK
>
>Notice it reports on BOTH of my CD-ROM drives, whether there is media
>loaded, the status of the drive, etc., all things that Shari can use.
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: metacard-admin at lists.runrev.com
>>> [mailto:metacard-admin at lists.runrev.com]On Behalf Of 
miscdas at boxfrog.com
>>> Sent: Thursday, 10 July, 2003 23:01
>>> To: metacard at lists.runrev.com
>>> Subject: Re: Getting the system profile
>>>
>>>
>>> miscdas at boxfrog.com writes:
>>>
>>> > Shari writes:
>>> > [snip]
>>> >>
>>> >>> As a workaround in the meantime, have you considered walking
>>> through the
>>> >>> drive list looking for a specific file?  That would at least let 
you
>>> >>> know
>>> >>> whether a specific CD is mounted.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> --
>>> >>>  Richard Gaskin
>>> >>
>>> >> Tried it. But XP kills it.
>>> >>
>>> >> Instead of just passing it over if there is not, it spits up an 
error
>>> >> window.  Bad.
>>> >>
>>> >> Shari C
>>> >>
>>> > ======================
>>> > You need to navigate deeper into the folders in the system 
Information.
>>> > CD-ROM drive info, including: drive letter, if media is loaded, 
status,
>>> > etc.,is here
>>> >
>>> > System Information\Components\Multimedia\CD-ROM
>>> >
>>> > miscdas
>>> >
>>> ===============
>>> BTW, WIN XP pro uses msinfo32.exe in place of winmsd.exe
>>>
>>> miscdas
>>>
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