During equipment refreshes, it is common to forget to check the CD drive for CDs. We have quite the collection of unclaimed CDs, music and otherwise, due to forgetting to verify that the drive is empty. For some this may be a plus, but for others it is common to find important work-related information on CDs.
Fortunately for those that do not want to search for the owner of a CD, we have a solution. There is a free command-line utility that you can use in a batch file during refresh that will eject the tray of the drive, ensuring that the tech responsible for the replacement will check the drive for a CD.
The utility is nircmd.exe.
It can be found here - http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html
There are many uses for this utility and they can be found at the site. You'd be amazed what this small utility can do! And, best of all, it's free!
You can use it in a batch file like this:
"\\Server\share\nircmd.exe" cdrom open d:
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