Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel: Difference between revisions

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| latest release version = 2.0.1.1

| latest release date =

| size = Program:&nbsp; 23&nbsp;[[Kilobyte|KB]]<br>Driver:&nbsp; 9&nbsp;[[Kilobyte|KB]]

| operating system = [[Windows XP]]/, [[Windows Vista]]/, [[Windows 7]], Windows [[Windows Server 2003|Server 2003]]/, [[Windows Server 2008|]], [[Windows Server 2008 R2]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel|url=http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=38780|work=Download Center|publisher=Microsoft|accessdate=17 June 2013}}</ref>

| platform = [[IA-32]]

| genre = [[RAM drive|Virtual drive]]

| status = Unsupported

| license = [[Freeware]]

| website = [{{URL|1=http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=38780 Microsoft]}}

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'''Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel''' also called ('''Microsoft Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel for Windows XP''' and '''Microsoft Virtual CD Control Tool''') is a [[RAM drive|virtual drive]] for [[Microsoft Windows]] that allows an [[ISO image]] to be [[Mount (computing)|mounted]]. The [[powertoy]], which is unsupported, was developed by [[Microsoft]] for [[Windows XP]] (including early [[Windows Whistler]] editions<ref>{{Citecite web|title=VCD UTILITY – DETAILED SETUP INSTRUCTIONS| url=http://www.scritube.com/limba/engleza/computers/VCD-UTILITY-DETAILED-SETUP-INS171921171.php |accessdate title=2011VCD Utility -05-26 Detailed Setup Instructions | publisher=Scrigroup | work=Scritube | accessdate=17 June 2013}}</ref>), though the program will still function with [[Windows Server 2003]]<ref>{{cite newsweb |title=How to back up without the hassle of physical media|url=http://www.zdnetasia.com/how-to-back-up-without-the-hassle-of-physical-media-61975618.htm |first title=ScottHow to back up without the hassle of physical media |last publisher=Lowe[[CBS Interactive]] | work=[[ZDNet|ZDNet Asia]] | date=December 19, 2006 |format=ZDNet| accessdate=2011-05-26 May 2011 | last=Lowe | first=Scott}}{{Dead link|date=June 2013}}</ref>{{Dead link|date=June 2013}} and [[Windows Vista]].<ref>{{Citecite web |title=Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel on Vista|url=http://blogs.msdn.com/b/charles_sterling/archive/2007/05/14/virtual-cd-rom-control-panel-on-vista.aspx |first title=CharlesVirtual CD-ROM Control Panel on Vista |last publisher=Sterling[[Microsoft]] | work=Ozzie Rules Blogging | date=14 May 2007 | accessdate=2011-05-26|work=Ozzie RulesMay Blogging2011 |publisher last=MSDNSterling Blogs| first=Charles}}</ref> (although it requires "Running as administrator" when [[User Account Control]] is enabled). The software is often used to access [[MSDN]] iso downloads.<ref>{{Citecite web |title=Using Subscriber Downloads|url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/aa948864.aspx |accessdate title=2011-05-26Using Subscriber Downloads | publisher=[[Microsoft]] | work=[[MSDN]] | accessdate=17 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Citecite web|title=General Q & A:MSDN| Subscriber Downloads|url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions/faq/default.asp |accessdate title=2011-05-26General Q & A:MSDN Subscriber Downloads | publisher=[[Microsoft]] | work=[[MSDN]] | accessdate=26 May 2011 | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20040203152802/http://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions/faq/default.asp | archivedate=3 February 2004-02-03}}</ref>

There is no official online help for the software, though a readme is included in the self-extracting archive. The software handles the following filetypes: [[Universal Disk Format|.udf]]; [[ISO 9660|.cdfs]]; [[.jo]]; [[.iso]]; [[.rock]].

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==External links==

* [http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=38780 Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel]

* [http://web.archive.org/web/20110428083329/http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/b/6/7b6abd84-7841-4978-96f5-bd58df02efa2/winxpvirtualcdcontrolpanel_21.exe Direct Download], [[Archive.org]]

{{Disk image emulators software}}