Pismo File Mount provides a process to mount an ISO file (also ZIP, CISO, CFS, ISZ, DAA files) as a read-only, virtual folder or mapped drive. A number of standard ISO formats are supported; like ISO-9660, Joliet extensions and UDF 1.02.
Pismo File Mount is the graphical user interface for the command line application pfm.exe.
Mounting and unmounting an ISO file via pfm.exe:
>pfm mount “Test Tools.iso”
>pfm unmount “Test Tools.iso”
Using Windows Explorer
Mounting a ISO file as a Virtual Folder
Right-click the ISO image, select Quick mount
Image 1 - Pismo File Mount: Quick Mount
Mounting a ISO file as a Mapped Drive
Right-click the ISO image, select Mount…
From Map drive drop down select a drive, click Mount
Image 2 - Pismo File Mount: Mount Options
Unmounting
Right-click the virtual folder or mapped drive in Windows Explorer, select Unmount
Using Mount Control
Once a file has been mounted an
icon appears in the system tray.
Double-click the icon to open Mount Control, all mounted files are listed.
For example Image 3 has three mounted files:
- A private folder
- An ISO image file
- A ZIP file within the mounted ISO image file
Image 3 - Pismo File Mount: Mounted file list
Mount Control can also be opened from the Start Menu.
Start Menu > All Programs > Pismo File Mount Audit Package > Mount Control
Mounting files
Menu File > Mount
Select file, click Open
Click Mount
Unmounting from list
Select file to unmount from list
Menu File > Unmount
Cool Features
- Files within a mounted file can be mounted.
- Private folders (PFO) can be compressed & encrypted and are independent of the system and user login, therefore can be copied between systems. Unfortunately Pismo File Mount is required to be installed on the other system for the private folder to be accessible.
Wanted Features
- Ability to write to mounted files, especially the ZIP files.
- Mount ISO files as a CD drives, to allow the testing of Autorun files.
- For existing encrypted private folders, the ability to update the password that was initially set.
Homepage: Pismo Technic Inc. Documentation: Pismo File Mount Developer Kit
Download: Freeware, All Windows Download: From Softpedia
Post inspired by Pismo File Mount: mount ZIP and ISO files as virtual drives (Pub 22 Jul 2008).
Solution
This solution allows an ISO image file (also ZIP, CISO, CFS, ISZ, DAA files) to be mounted as a read-only folder or mapped drive, to allow the access to it’s content and potential application installation.
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