DVD burner is use for another program error

[texasmaverick]

I was using VideoStudio 4 for about a year, then upgraded to 5 Ultimate last week. Was in the middle of a project when I upgraded, and decided to burn a DVD last night.

DVD burner is in use for another program error
(or something like that)

I've never had this error in my life, and I've been using the same laptop for about 3 years, with 2 or 3 versions of VideoStudio.

Should I just uninstall 5? Or can I "restore" my computer back to two weeks ago?

The file I was working on, I also saved as a VideoStudio 4 file in case 5 doesn't work.

I didn't uninstall 4 before loading 5. Would that help? I tried to uninstall 4 last night, but it didn't uninstall all the way. Maybe if I reload 4, then uninstall it?

I can't think of any programs that use the burner that I use on that machine either.

I really need to make a DVD by saturday--it's my fiancee's bridal shower. The one I tried to make last night was to test it and make sure it worked on my future sister-in-law's TV before the shower. But that didn't happen unfortunately.

[Ken Berry]

That message is usually associated with a type of program which reserves the drive for an accumulated burn. Windows 7 (and Vista) had it built in, but don't deny the burner to other programs. (If you right click a file in Windows, the 'Send To' option includes the burner.) Nero's InCD module and a similar one in the Roxio suite also do it and in fact do deny the burner to other programs. Roxio provides an internal method of nullifying this, but Nero does not. The only option is to uninstall InCD if it is installed -- it appears as a separate program in Control Panel > Programs and Features. I stress here you don't have to remove the whole Nero suite ... just InCD.

But if your problem persists after a reboot, I would indeed do a system restore...