ISO image mounting problems under Windows 8 Pro

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Whenever I try to mount ISO with the inbuilt mounting of Windows 8 Pro it returns 'Couldn't mount file' 'Sorry there was a problem mounting the file' or 'The disc image file is corrupted'.

In some instances the file gets mounted nevertheless, but to discover it, I have to look at Computer where all drives are shown.

In either instances, whenever I drop an ISO, which contains audio from SACD or other media, in J River Media Center's 'Playing Now' field, it shows every single track of the disc image file and plays them nicely. So it does, even when burnt onto a DVD+R So, obviously, the ISOs are healthy and the problem should with Windows...

I would be glad to hear from you on the matter.

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The file needs to be renamed to .exe on the Microsoft site. It's an executable, not an ISO

(Visio 2013 64 bit English)

ok guys, I FOUND THE SOLUTION by accident.

Here is how to fix the problem (at least it worked right away when i did it, so try it!)

RIGHT-CLICK the image file in question (.IMG, .ISO, etc...) and choose a default program to open with. WIndows ABSOLUTELY NEEDS TO BE the DEFAULT program to open image files. There is a unreported bug about Windows 8 explorer not being the default , therein not opening a valid, uncorrupted image file. YOU MUST set Windows Explorer as the default in order to mount image files as a virtual DVD drive in WIndows 8.

Thats all, and I hope that this actually works for you. thanks! and if it works, please mark this as helpful to show your appreciation, since there is no kudos or thanks button. :D

Here what I did, eject SD card (you don't have to take it out of the computer). Try to mount again. I did this and it worked perfectly.

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Anonymous

2015-04-18T13:11:00+00:00

This is the answer that really helped me.

Thank you!
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Anonymous

2015-04-14T15:50:07+00:00

After reading the other replies here, I may have had a different problem than you, but here's one solution. After the error appears, open up explorer and see if it still mounted. In my case, it was a drive letter conflict because I had a SD card in, and that's what caused the error. In my case, though, it still mounted as drive letter F:\ even though it's preferred drive letter (E:) was taken.

WOW, this is AS STUPID as the first google hit about this error, where on youtube some1 explain how to copy/paste anywhere the iso/img/WHATEVER

let's SUPPOSE for a second that your answer (marked as the most ... "helpful") is the right answer

WHAT DO I DO IF I DON'T HAVE A SD-card ?!?!?

WHAT DO I DO IF I DON'T HAVE ANY DRIVE CONFLICT ?!?!?

GREAT JOB mIRCosoft, you put a feature that DOESN'T WORK AT ALL, and one don't have ANY CONTROL AT ALL - still considering your answer as the proper one, what about making some "what letter do you want ?" BEFORE ACTUALLY MOUNTING IT
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Anonymous

2015-04-03T08:26:54+00:00

i just came to this forum because i had the same issue, what helped me was to disable "read only". To do this : rightclick the ISO-file, uncheck Read-only, click ok.

Works Fine for me now!
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Anonymous

2015-03-31T22:47:56+00:00

When Windows knows to open *.iso with Windows Explorer, normally it mounts. Without that setting, normally it will not mount. There are some other wrinkles, but that's the biggie.
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