How to Create an Eject CD/DVD Drive Shortcut or Hotkey in Windows Vista?


You can eject CD/DVD drive via Shortcut or Hotkey in Vista by downloading the NirCmd tool by Nirsoft.

Apart from this function, NirCmd performs a number of operations such a mute system volume, turn off monitor, dial to "My Internet" connection and so on. These functions can be checked out at the website.

You can create an Eject CD/DVD Drive Shortcut in the following way:

1) Download NirCmd and extract the nircmd.exe file at a safe place

2) Now right click on the Desktop and choose New and then Shortcut option




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3) Type “C:\path_to_nircmd.exe\nircmd.exe” cdrom open drive_letter:

Note: Replace path_to_nircmd.exe with the path where you have saved the nircmd.exe file as shown in the figure below. Replace drive_letter with the CD/DVD drive letter as shown below.



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4) Click Next button

5) Type a desired name such as Eject CD-DVD and click Finish button



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6) You will notice that the shortcut is formed on the Desktop



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7) You can now change its icon


You can create an Eject CD/DVD Drive Hotkey in the following way:

1) First create an Eject CD/DVD Drive Shortcut as shown in above section.

2) Now right click on the shortcut and choose Properties option.



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3) Now click on the Shortcut key textbox and then press the desired key. You will notice tat Ctrl+Alt will be added automatically before the key you pressed. This means that you need to press Ctrl+Alt keys before pressing the desired key.



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4) Click OK button


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