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'Ghost drives' shown in the Explorer after de-installing Virtual CD.

Virtual drives are still shown in the Explorer after Virtual CD has been de-installed.

Check the registry keys HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Enum\SCSI (Windows 9x/ME) resp. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\SCSI (Windows NT and higher) for entries like the following:

If the driver is still present, delete. For information on the required procedure, please see the following articles in our knowledge base:

The "ghost drives" should be gone after the next reboot.

Note: In NT-based systems, the entry can be deleted only by using regedt32.exe as the security privileges must be changed accordingly.


Article #754 | 06/04/10 | Hartmut Mäcker