TS1717 iTunes will not automatically recognize a CD in the optical reader

Question

iTunes will not automatically show me CD contents or import CD when I insert into the CD/DVD reader.  To back up a little, iTunes WILL recognize the very first CD that I insert after powering up the PC, but none thereafter.  It doesn't matter if I close iTunes and then re-launch it, I must shut down the PC and re-start, and then iTunes will recognize the first CD I insert, but not the second.
I've read the iTunes help and done everything suggested there, but to no avail.  I am using iTunes version 10.6.3.25.  Has anyone else had this issue?  It surprises me that there is apparently no manual way to get iTunes to take a look at the CD in the optical drive -- it's automatic or nothing.

Answer 1

Bart,
Thanks for your input.  After creating my post, I found out that I was mistaken on one point.  If I closed and then re-opened iTunes, the first CD that I inserted was recognized (but not subsequent CDs).  So, I just closed the iTunes software and then re-opened it for each CD.  I had a large number of CDs to copy into my library, so this was an annoyance, but not nearly as big an annoyance as if I'd had to shut down the PC between CDs.
My Dell PC, by the way, does not have a door on the optical reader.  You simply push the CD into a slot on the side of the PC and it is pulled in.
I still don't understand why iTunes does not have a menu selection to cause the software to look to the optical drive to see what is there.  But I'm finished now, so won't lose any sleep over it.