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CD Rom Icon Missing (Windows XP)
Situation:
CD Rom drive does not have a icon on the desktop.The drive is working and Windows System Restore fails to restore access to the drive as well as reinstalling the device drivers.
Solution:
The Windows Registry needs to be edited to restore access. Here's what you need to do:
1. Click Start, then Run, then enter REGEDIT to open the Registry Editor
2. Navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control/Class entry
3. Under the Class entry, double click on {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}