Fix iTunes to burn CDs again
On February 26, 2009 I wrote about problems with XP and my CD/DVD drives. After a fix to the Registry, the last step was to re-install any software that I use to burn CDs and DVDs. It seemed all was good, but I apparently hadn't tried iTunes.
The next time I launched iTunes, I was greeted with the following message:
I found an entry that looked promising. Apple recommends I remove a Registry key, add an new one, and then re-install all CD/DVD burning software. Sounded a bit like a loop, so I tried just adding the new Registry entry, and that worked. Here are the steps I followed:
The next time I launched iTunes, I was greeted with the following message:
Warning! The registry settings used by the iTunes drivers for importing and burning CDs & DVDs are missing. This can happen as a result of installing other CD burning software. Please reinstall iTunes.With prior experience using iTunes, I was not about to uninstall iTunes. Instead I just tried a Repair through the Add/Remove Software interface. That failed. I then tried installing iTunes over my current install, and that failed too. Finally I went fishing on Apple's site.
I found an entry that looked promising. Apple recommends I remove a Registry key, add an new one, and then re-install all CD/DVD burning software. Sounded a bit like a loop, so I tried just adding the new Registry entry, and that worked. Here are the steps I followed:
- Go to the Start menu, click Run...
- Enter regedit and click OK.
- Click the plus sign next to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE to expand the tree.
- Click the plus sign next to SYSTEM.
- Click the plus sign next to CurrentControlSet.
- Click the plus sign next to Control.
- Click the plus sign next to Class.
- Click to select the heading that begins {4D36E965- (don't click the plus sign here).
- Right-click the UpperFilters entry and from the shortcut menu, click Modify.
- Enter GEARAspiWDM and press Return. Pressing Return adds a carriage return in the field and is important.
- Click OK.
- Restart the computer.
Comments
On the {4D36E967-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} key, right-click and select New > Multi-String Value. Name it UpperFilters, then complete the steps in the post.
Followed your instructions and fixed iTunes CD burning problem immediately. I am using Windows 7 and have had this problem for 6 months or so, trying many other so called solutions that did't work
Richard