How to Eject / Open the CD Drive in DOS? - A DOS Commandline tool is here

**Strider** · 07-12-2006, 10:02 AM

How to Eject the CD Drive in DOS?

Here is a light weight tool to eject cd rom drives from DOS. It's a GPL Freeware.

EJ.COM 1.04

Just a small program to eject the CD-ROM tray. You may specify one or more drive letters on the command line. If no drive letters are specified, EJ
will look for the first CD-ROM drive. If the current drive is ejected, EJ
will automatically attempt to change the DOS current drive to some other
value to prevent errors.

This is an MS-DOS-based program, and intended only for CD-ROM drives. It attempts to communicate with the CD-ROM redirector MSCDEX. If the drive is not controlled by MSCDEX or a close emulation, a disk eject request is sent using the IOCTL interface instead. If not running under DOS (e.g. Windows NT/2000/XP), or if the specified drive is not a CD-ROM (say, a Zip or LS-120 drive), then the eject attempt may or may not succeed; only experimentation can tell whether it will work.

Download Now -
http://www.nmia.com/~raster/ej.zip

CorpoAlert · 17-12-2006, 12:46 AM

Who uses Dos?? at present....

Unknown · 17-12-2006, 02:40 AM

That is Awsome, Thanks alot Strider

Dark Star · 17-12-2006, 09:47 AM

Dos will be removed totally after Vista launch as it will not support 16 bit application so programmers like Jave and others had to rely on XP

Bt. nice find strider

**bakuryu** · 17-12-2006, 12:10 PM

This program is not regarding DOS crap

Many cabinets have a stupid flip or cover in front of the CD/DVD drive bays, hiding the eject button of the drives, This tool can be used easily to overcome that

Also DOS 16 bit programs execute in Vista. However full screen mode is not supported.

henryvo · 17-04-2007, 05:34 AM

Hi All
I'm a new member, I was just looking for a CD eject tool in DOS, found this link! Can you please post agin the download link for ej.com; Thanks a bunch

henryvo · 17-04-2007, 05:58 AM

I see the link now, problem is my work firewall block me from the site, guess I have to go home download it...

**bakuryu** · 17-04-2007, 02:06 PM

You can try downloading from here :
http://www12.asphost4free.com/bakuryu/utilities/ej.zip

henryvo · 18-04-2007, 03:31 AM

Thanks Bakuryu, got it

jjaadd · 16-03-2008, 08:23 AM

thanks but isnt there anyway to do it without that file????

07-12-2006, 10:02 AM	#1
Strider Founder Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: The Last City Zion! Posts: 3,539 Thanks: 287 Thanked 345 Times in 298 Posts Rep Power: 62 OS:	How to Eject / Open the CD Drive in DOS? - A DOS Commandline tool is here How to Eject the CD Drive in DOS? Here is a light weight tool to eject cd rom drives from DOS. It's a GPL Freeware. EJ.COM 1.04 Just a small program to eject the CD-ROM tray. You may specify one or more drive letters on the command line. If no drive letters are specified, EJ will look for the first CD-ROM drive. If the current drive is ejected, EJ will automatically attempt to change the DOS current drive to some other value to prevent errors. This is an MS-DOS-based program, and intended only for CD-ROM drives. It attempts to communicate with the CD-ROM redirector MSCDEX. If the drive is not controlled by MSCDEX or a close emulation, a disk eject request is sent using the IOCTL interface instead. If not running under DOS (e.g. Windows NT/2000/XP), or if the specified drive is not a CD-ROM (say, a Zip or LS-120 drive), then the eject attempt may or may not succeed; only experimentation can tell whether it will work. Download Now - http://www.nmia.com/~raster/ej.zip __________________ Want to ask a question? Try This! A guide on how to post a question, reply to a post etc.

17-12-2006, 12:10 PM	#5
bakuryu ƒ(ψ)=Θº×φ Join Date: May 2006 Location: India Age: 23 Posts: 6,621 Thanks: 19 Thanked 645 Times in 603 Posts Rep Power: 87 OS:	This program is not regarding DOS crap Many cabinets have a stupid flip or cover in front of the CD/DVD drive bays, hiding the eject button of the drives, This tool can be used easily to overcome that Also DOS 16 bit programs execute in Vista. However full screen mode is not supported. __________________ Please don't click here

17-04-2007, 05:34 AM	#6
henryvo Newbie Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 11 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Rep Power: 0	Re: How to Eject / Open the CD Drive in DOS? - A DOS Commandline tool is here Hi All I'm a new member, I was just looking for a CD eject tool in DOS, found this link! Can you please post agin the download link for ej.com; Thanks a bunch

17-04-2007, 05:58 AM	#7
henryvo Newbie Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 11 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Rep Power: 0	Re: How to Eject / Open the CD Drive in DOS? - A DOS Commandline tool is here I see the link now, problem is my work firewall block me from the site, guess I have to go home download it...

17-04-2007, 02:06 PM	#8
bakuryu ƒ(ψ)=Θº×φ Join Date: May 2006 Location: India Age: 23 Posts: 6,621 Thanks: 19 Thanked 645 Times in 603 Posts Rep Power: 87 OS:	Re: How to Eject / Open the CD Drive in DOS? - A DOS Commandline tool is here You can try downloading from here : http://www12.asphost4free.com/bakuryu/utilities/ej.zip

17-12-2006, 12:46 AM	#2
CorpoAlert Advanced Member (250+) Join Date: May 2006 Location: Tinsukia, Assam Age: 20 Posts: 352 Thanks: 23 Thanked 32 Times in 21 Posts Rep Power: 19	Who uses Dos?? at present....

17-12-2006, 02:40 AM	#3
Unknown Junior Member (25+) Join Date: Dec 2006 Age: 17 Posts: 65 Thanks: 6 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts Rep Power: 4	That is Awsome, Thanks alot Strider

17-12-2006, 09:47 AM	#4
Dark Star Banned Join Date: May 2006 Location: /dev/had0 Age: 20 Posts: 1,627 Thanks: 98 Thanked 172 Times in 146 Posts Rep Power: 0 OS:	Dos will be removed totally after Vista launch as it will not support 16 bit application so programmers like Jave and others had to rely on XP Bt. nice find strider

18-04-2007, 03:31 AM	#9
henryvo Newbie Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 11 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Rep Power: 0	Re: How to Eject / Open the CD Drive in DOS? - A DOS Commandline tool is here Thanks Bakuryu, got it

16-03-2008, 08:23 AM	#10
jjaadd Junior Member (25+) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: lebanon Age: 16 Posts: 71 Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Rep Power: 0 OS:	Re: How to Eject / Open the CD Drive in DOS? - A DOS Commandline tool is here thanks but isnt there anyway to do it without that file????

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