How to install vcdrom.exe and the sys file.

Anonymous
2012-01-08T17:32:27+00:00

i installed vcdrom.exe and copied vcdrom.sys to windows/system32/drivers like instructed, but when i try to select vcdrom.sys in the install driver list it's not even visible. but when i go to said location ouside the program i find it no problem, i tried running the program as admin, i tried setting the sys file to full control and it makes no difference. what should i do?

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Anonymous
2013-05-10T12:02:17+00:00

There is actually an updated version that's supposed to work with Win7

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=38780

Right-clicking the vcdcontrolTool.exe file and choosing Run as administrator eliminates the "Cannot Open SCM: Access is denied" message, but VCdRom.sys is still not visible in %windir%\system32.

Apparently it's just not compatible with x64 versions... even if you run it elevated and try to load the copy of the driver file left in the unzip subdir (which is found with no problem), the message "Driver has been blocked from loading." results. Possibly whatever MVP re/wrote it either forgot about kernel mode code signing or doesn't want to pay the ($400?) annual fee to MS for signing x64 drivers.

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-05-25T01:23:19+00:00

    Of course, the problem is solved in WIndows 8 where virtual CD support is part of the base OS and it works in a 64 bit system.

    All of the Me Too people on the problem statement have the exact same issue, the driver for Windows 7 only works in 32 bit systems. I agree that asking for a new thread will not help those of us following this thread and hoping that perhaps Microsoft will fix this problem.

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-06-20T08:18:51+00:00

    Good to know i'm not alone with this problem.....but really bad to know its been a problem for so long and it seems no one intends to fix this.

    This thread is two years old. Yikes!

    I'm trying magic disc. Seems to be working ok as an alternative

    Just note: clicking the magicdisc.exe will not launch an interface. Once you install it and run it, check your tray for the icon and right click to get it going.

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-06-20T11:55:06+00:00

    Good to know i'm not alone with this problem.....but really bad to know its been a problem for so long and it seems no one intends to fix this.

    This thread is two years old. Yikes!

    I'm trying magic disc. Seems to be working ok as an alternative

    Just note: clicking the magicdisc.exe will not launch an interface. Once you install it and run it, check your tray for the icon and right click to get it going. 

    No, you aren't alone with this.  But thanks for the recommendation.  I worked around the problem with a different product as well, by running a Linux VM and mapping a drive to it from Windows. Long way around but did the trick.  Lets hear it for non-MS solutions!

    Sometimes I wonder what this forum is for...  I have exactly 0.00000% success getting problems resolved. By the time I post here, it is not a 'I dont understand', it's 'Here is a bug' . The replies I get have included 'Can't Duplicate', 'Wrong Product', and just complete silence.  The best one was when I tried to select the software product, I was told 'That isn't X, you need to post it in Y'... when I did, I got 'That isn't Y, you need to go ask in X' .

    It's us non-MS people who are actually helpful with work-arounds.  MS claims their people are in these forums, and that they are here to help and fix things.  But they are useless.

    It's a really easy way to avoid fixing things.

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