{"id":10561,"date":"2015-01-26T22:28:46","date_gmt":"2015-01-27T03:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jianmingli.com\/wp\/?p=10561"},"modified":"2015-01-26T22:28:46","modified_gmt":"2015-01-27T03:28:46","slug":"ms-virtual-cd-rom-control-panel-does-not-work-with-winows-7-64-bit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jianmingli.com\/wp\/?p=10561","title":{"rendered":"MS Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel Does Not Work with Winows 7 64 bit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='toc wptoc'>\n<h2>Contents<\/h2>\n<ol class='toc-odd level-1'>\n\t<li>\n\t\t<a href=\"#Download_and_Install\">Download and Install<\/a>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li>\n\t\t<a href=\"#Usage\">Usage<\/a>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li>\n\t\t<a href=\"#References\">References<\/a>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<div class='wptoc-end'>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<span id=\"Download_and_Install\"><h2>Download and Install<\/h2><\/span>\n<p>* Download, e.g. <em>winxpvirtualcdcontrolpanel_21.zip<\/em>, from Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/download\/details.aspx?id=38780\">site<\/a><br \/>\n* Extract to a local directory, e.g. <em>C:\\prog\\VCdControlTool<\/em><br \/>\n* Copy <em>VCdRom.sys<\/em> to your <em>%systemroot%\\system32\\drivers<\/em> folder.<\/p>\n<span id=\"Usage\"><h2>Usage<\/h2><\/span>\n<p>* Double click <em>VCdControlTool.exe<\/em><br \/>\n* Click <em>Driver control<\/em><br \/>\n* If the <em>Install Driver<\/em> button is available, click it.<br \/>\n&#8211; For Win7 32 bit: Navigate to the <em>%systemroot%\\system32\\drivers<\/em> folder, select <em>VCdRom.sys<\/em>, and click Open.<br \/>\n&#8211; For Win7 64 bit: <em>VCdRom.sys<\/em> driver is not signed so cannot be installed. see <a href=\"http:\/\/answers.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/forum\/windows_7-windows_programs\/how-to-install-vcdromexe-and-the-sys-file\/11d27290-cda8-4e6f-95a2-5977bdd60416\">here<\/a> for a discussion.<br \/>\n* Click <em>Start<\/em><br \/>\n* Click <em>OK<\/em><br \/>\n* Click <em>Add Drive<\/em> to add a drive to the drive list. Ensure that the drive added is not a local drive. If it is, continue to click <em>Add Drive<\/em> until an unused drive letter is available.<br \/>\n* Select an unused drive letter from the drive list and click <em>Mount<\/em>.<br \/>\n* Navigate to the image file, select it, and click <em>OK<\/em>. UNC naming conventions should not be used, however mapped network drives should be OK.<\/p>\n<p>You may now use the drive letter as if it were a local CD-ROM device. When you are finished you may unmount, stop, and remove the driver from memory using the driver control.<\/p>\n<span id=\"References\"><h2>References<\/h2><\/span>\n<p>* <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/download\/details.aspx?id=38780\">Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download and Install * Download, e.g. winxpvirtualcdcontrolpanel_21.zip, from Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel site * Extract to a local directory, e.g. C:\\prog\\VCdControlTool * Copy VCdRom.sys to your %systemroot%\\system32\\drivers folder. 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