Read files and folders from a CD

Hi there,
I am not sure this is the right forum for my question. Please redirect me if I am in the wrong place.
I have an AIR app that will be installed from a CD. The client will be changing certain data (like images and video files) regularly and wants to be able to simply write a cd with the new files in a folder and the AIR app install.
I have searched high ad low for ways to read files from a CD. I could do this if I knew the path, but on each system it is different.
Is there anything which can tell me what the path to the CD drive is or a way to package AIR so that when it installs it looks for a directory on the CD it is installing from and copies it to the AIR application directory?
Any help is welcome!
Thanks in advance,
Nikki

Hi - it looks like you can find the CD drive using the getStorageVolumes() method of StorageVolumeInfo:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/flash/filesystem/Storag eVolumeInfo.html#getStorageVolumes%28%29
So you'd iterate through all the storage volumes, and for the ones that are removable (isRemovable property), check for the existence of some file you know will be on your CD (a unique name), and you would then know that is your install CD.
-rich

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