Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel: Difference between revisions

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

| operating system = [[Windows 2000]]/[[Windows XP|XP]]/[[Windows Vista|Vista]], [[Windows Server 2003]]

| platform = [[IA-32]]

| genre = [[Virtual drive]]

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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 [[virtual drive]] for [[Microsoft Windows]] that allows an [[ISO image]] to be [[Mount (computing)|mounted]]. The [[powertoy]], which is unsupported, was devolpeddeveloped by [[Microsoft]] for [[Windows XP]] (including early [[Windows Whistler]] editions<ref>{{Cite web|title=VCD UTILITY – DETAILED SETUP INSTRUCTIONS|url=http://www.scritube.com/limba/engleza/computers/VCD-UTILITY-DETAILED-SETUP-INS171921171.php|accessdate=2011-05-26}}</ref>), though the program will still function with [[Windows Server 2003]]<ref>{{cite news|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=Scott |last=Lowe|date=December 19, 2006|format=ZDNet|accessdate=2011-05-26}}</ref> and [[Windows Vista]].<ref>{{Cite 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=Charles|last=Sterling|date=14 May 2007|accessdate=2011-05-26|work=Ozzie Rules Blogging |publisher=MSDN Blogs}}</ref> The software is often used to access MSDN iso downloads.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Using Subscriber Downloads|url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/aa948864.aspx|accessdate=2011-05-26|publisher=MSDN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=General Q & A:MSDN Subscriber Downloads|url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions/faq/default.asp|accessdate=2011-05-26|publisher=MSDN|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20040203152802/http://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions/faq/default.asp|archivedate=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: [[.udf]]; [[.cdfs]]; [[.jo]]; [[.iso]]; [[.rock]].

==External links==

* [http://www.softpedia.com/get/CD-DVD-Tools/Virtual-CD-DVD-Rom/Virtual-CDROM-Control-Panel.shtml Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel description], [[Softpedia]]

==References==

{{reflist}}

==External links==

* [http://www.softpedia.com/get/CD-DVD-Tools/Virtual-CD-DVD-Rom/Virtual-CDROM-Control-Panel.shtml Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel description], [[Softpedia]]

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

{{Disk image emulators software}}