Drive letter of CD Drive in vb.net

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Hi,
I am using following code to get Drive letter list in my computer. I want to get the drive letter of CD Drive from this list. Please advise how to check it.

The code I am using to get list is as below:

In form load event

cmbDrives.DropDownStyle = ComboBoxStyle.DropDownList
        Dim sDrive As String, sDrives() As String
        sDrives = ListAllDrives()
        For Each sDrive In sDrives
        Next
        cmbDrives.Items.AddRange(ListAllDrives())

Public Function ListAllDrives() As String()
        Dim arDrives() As String
        arDrives = IO.Directory.GetLogicalDrives()
        Return arDrives
    End Function

Thanks
Furqan

[edit]Code block added, "Ignore HTML..." option disabled - OriginalGriff[/edit]

Posted 11-Mar-11 20:21pm

Furqan Sehgal

Updated 11-Mar-11 20:29pm

OriginalGriff

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Kamyar · Answer 1 · 2011-03-11T20:37:00

Solution 1

<pre lang="vb">
Dim CDPath as String
Private Sub Form_Load()
Dim fso As New Scripting.FileSystemObject
Dim drv As Drive
For Each drv In fso.Drives
     If drv.DriveType = CDRom Then
          CDPath = drv.Path
          Exit For
     End If
Next drv
Set drv = Nothing
Set fso = Nothing
End Sub

Posted 11-Mar-11 20:37pm

Kamyar

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Furqan Sehgal 12-Mar-11 4:59am

Does not recognize
Scripting.FileSystemObject

OriginalGriff · Answer 2 · 2011-03-11T20:55:00

Try:

VB

Public Enum DriveType As Integer
    Unknown = 0
    NoRoot = 1
    Removable = 2
    Localdisk = 3
    Network = 4
    CD = 5
    RAMDrive = 6
End Enum

<DllImport("kernel32.dll", CharSet := CharSet.Auto)> _
Public Shared Function GetDriveType(lpRootPathName As String) As Integer
End Function
Private Shared Sub Main(args As String())
    Console.WriteLine("Started")

    Dim drives As String() = Directory.GetLogicalDrives()
    For Each drive As String In drives
        Dim type As DriveType = CType(GetDriveType(drive), DriveType)
        Console.WriteLine(drive & " is a " & type.ToString())
    Next

    Console.WriteLine(&quot;Stopped&quot;)
    Console.ReadLine()
End Sub