The ISO Recorder Power Toy is a shell extension [ 1] that uses native Windows XP functions[ 2] to add a new CD recording option to Windows XP's context menus ,[ 3] a CD burning software for Windows XP , Windows Server 2003 , Windows Vista and Windows 7 . The software, from hard drive folders, can create an ISO 9660 image, and burn an ISO 9660 image file to CD or DVD.
It is open source software released under a license similar to the BSD license with advertising clause. This, the unauthorized ISO Recorder Power Toy, along with other third party software, was mentioned by Ed Bott , a Microsoft Press author, in a Microsoft online article, named "Windows XP CD Burning Secrets".[ 4]
The software:
adds an Explorer menu item called "Create ISO image file" when you right-click on a folder;
adds an Explorer menu item called "Copy image to CD" when you right-click on an ISO;
associates itself with the .ISO extension.
Alex Feinman (MVP REconnect) wrote ISO Recorder ,[ 5] other utilities for Windows,[ 5] and a TAPI wrapper.[ 6] [ 7]
On Windows XP, the software cannot create or burn anything larger than a CD. As of version 3.1, ISO Recorder is compatible with Windows 7.[ 8]
Windows 8 can natively mount ISO files, Windows Vista or Windows 7 alone, cannot burn an ISO image. Office of Information Technology, University of Colorado Boulder recommends that you use ISO Recorder Power Toy.[ 9]
Versions
Latest is ISO Recorder 3.1.[ 10]
ISO Recorder V1 – for Windows XP Gold (no service pack) and Windows XP SP1[ 11]
ISO Recorder V2 – for Windows XP SP2/SP3 and Windows 2003 (including 64-bit OS)[ 11] [ 3]
ISO Recorder V3 RC1 (June 2007)[ 12]
ISO Recorder V3 – for Windows Vista[ 11]
ISO Recorder V3.1 – for Windows Vista/Windows 7[ 11] [ 13]
References
^ ".iso Extension - List of programs that can open .iso files" . nirsoft.net . Retrieved 21 July 2024 .
^ "6.4. How to Write ISO Images to CD" . RJR Solutions Support Center . Archived from the original on 23 June 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2024 .
^ a b Spanbauer, Scott. "ISO Recorder v2" . PC World . Archived from the original on 10 January 2007. Retrieved 21 July 2024 .
^ Bott, Ed (September 16, 2003). "Windows XP CD Burning Secrets" . microsoft.com. Archived from the original on February 13, 2010.
^ a b "Alexander Feinman" . Michtom School of Computer Science . Brandeis University . Archived from the original on 24 November 2009. Retrieved 21 July 2024 .
^ Feinman, Alex. "Of Kings and Cabbage" . OpenNETCF Consulting . Archived from the original on 18 June 2008. Retrieved 21 July 2024 .
^ Feinman, Alex. "Of Kings and Cabbage" . OpenNETCF .org, OpenNETCF Consulting, LLC . Archived from the original on 8 June 2003. Retrieved 21 July 2024 .
^ ISO Recorder (project home page)
^ "Burn an ISO File to a Disc" . Microsoft software campus EES agreement . Office of Information Technology, University of Colorado Boulder . Retrieved 21 July 2024 .
^ "Iso Recorder 3.1" . heise.de (in German). 2024-06-27. Retrieved 21 July 2024 .
^ a b c d SEGET, Vladan (18 December 2010). "How to create ISO from folder" . ESX Virtualization . Archived from the original on 22 January 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2024 .
^ Petri, Daniel (January 7, 2009). "Mount ISO Files in Windows Vista" . petri.com . Retrieved 21 July 2024 .
^ Gralla, Preston (June 15, 2009). "ISO Recorder for Vista and Windows 7" . PCWorld . Retrieved 21 July 2024 .
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