MakeMKV fails to find an optical drive after the first use

[neilr]

Hi, I've been away a while and used to use MakeMKV v1.7.x and had no issues using it but since i've installed the latest version it installs fine and i can rip a DVD/blu-ray fine the first use but if i go back into the application it fails to find an optical drive. I essentially have to reinstall MakeMKV again for it to work and so on...

Is anyone else having this issue? I've tried v1.8.2 and its the same.

I run Windows 8 (Legitimate copy), nothing fancy in terms of the setup and have no issues with any of my other applications which also use the optical drive.

[mike admin]

What fixes the "missing drive" - reinstall or reboot? Are you running MakeMKv as administrator (right click, run as administrator) ?

[neilr]

Reinstall fixes the issues, reboot does nothing.

I install the application under my user account which is Administrator and it runs as administrator. I'll try right clicking and running specifically as administrator.

[neilr]

Hi Mike, change the shortcut properties for MakeMKV to "run as administrator" did fix the problem. Thanks for your help.