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No way to get eject button working on XP?

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digiegg

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Original poster
Is there no way to use the eject button?
Any patch or something?
I searched but I couldn't find any solutions.
 
It works for me in XP. Are you sure you've installed the Apple Keyboard Drivers (that come with bootcamp), perhaps try reinstalling them?
 
What button is this assigned to on a keyboard with Mac drivers but not the button?
I got a new gaming keyboard and got the Mac Drivers but I am at a loss to find the right key to open the drive door. I have resorted to plugging in my old Mac keyboard to use that one button.....ggrrrr
 
hersheytx said:
What button is this assigned to on a keyboard with Mac drivers but not the button?
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On pc's it's usual for cd and dvd drives to have their own eject button. So Windows doesn't really have support for a special eject button on the keyboard.

How about just right-clicking the cd/dvd drive in Windows and then select eject?
 
Try F12 that might work, tho I'm not sure if the Apple Keyboard drivers will actually do anything with a non apple keyboard.
 
if you are uber xp L33t, you can set a shortcut in registry. not recommended.

if you just want it to work, and the apple driver re-install doesn't fix it, you could try THIS bit of freeware. works well with xp, can control multiple optical drives. sits in the system tray, right click, eject either drive. same thing again to close. you can also set hotkey combinations to open the drives. very cool. 🙂

best of luck.
 
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