Virtual CloneDrive Revision History Virtual CloneDrive 5.5.2.0: 2020 02 27 - Fix: Bug introduced in 5.5.1.0, ElbyCDIO did not work with Windows Server OS, Windows XP, Windows Vista - Some minor changes and improvements Virtual CloneDrive 5.5.1.0: 2020 02 24 - New: ElbyCDIO driver update - New: Slightly reduced CPU load on Windows 8 or better - Fix: Some UDF images could crash VCDmount - Change: Windows 2000 is no longer supported - Some minor changes and improvements Virtual CloneDrive 5.5.0.0: 2016 01 13 - New: Prevent possible dll sideload attack during installation - Fix: HelpLauncher could hang on Windows 10 - Some minor changes and improvements Virtual CloneDrive 5.4.9.0: 2015 12 12 - Change: Windows 7 uses scsiport driver instead of storport, fixing rare compatibility issues - Fix: ElbyCDIO was not restarted after uninstall - Some minor changes and improvements Virtual CloneDrive 5.4.8.0: 2015 7 20 - New: Support for Windows 10 - Changed: "Buffered I/O" checkbox is back. It is enabled by default. - Some minor changes and improvements - Updated languages Virtual CloneDrive 5.4.7.0: 2013 7 24 - New: Support for image playback with WinDVD - New: Uses storport driver for Windows 7 and later Virtual CloneDrive 5.4.6.0: 2013 5 17 - New: Added workaround for bugcheck in Windows 8 when mounting image over a samba share - New: Added "toggle tray" /t switch to VCDMount.exe - Changed: Removed "Buffered I/O" checkbox. Buffered I/O is now always enabled. - Some minor changes and improvements - Updated languages Virtual CloneDrive 5.4.5.0: 2011 3 6 - New: Improved DVD/HD-DVD/BD emulation - New: Added help menu to notification icon - New: Notification icon can be changed by the user - New: Support for harddisks with very large physical sectors (> 2048 bytes) - Some minor changes and improvements - Updated languages Virtual CloneDrive 5.4.4.0: 2009 12 14 - New: Added version info to tray icon - New: Added option, where VCD can be instructed to unmount an image file when the virtual tray is opened (e.g., eject from Windows explorer). - Change: Default file associations - Fix: Optical drives could disappear after uninstall - Updated languages - Some minor changes and improvements Virtual CloneDrive 5.4.3.2: 2009 05 26 - New: Added tray icon - New: Added shell extension for images - New: Improved shell extension for drives - New: Added HD-DVD emulation (Windows 2000/XP/Vista) - New: Added option to purge history of recently mounted images - New: Added /p command switch to VCDMount.exe to purge history - Fix: Mounting failed, if .dvd or .ccd file names contained unicode characters - Fix: Virtual Sheep on Windows XP64 - Fix: Problems mounting files with some language settings - Some minor changes and improvements Virtual CloneDrive 5.4.2.5: 2009 03 10 - New: Added option to keep history of last mounted files - New: Added support for unicode filenames (Windows 2000/XP/Vista) - New: Added support for UTF8 image names in .dvd files (Windows 2000/XP/Vista) - New: Sets media type (DVD, BDR) by parsing the image, if no .dvd file is used or the .dvd file doesn't contain a media type - New: Added /b command switch to VCDMount.exe to browse for image - New: Added /h command switch to VCDMount.exe to clear history - New: Added support for Windows 7 (beta) - New: Added support for Windows XP 64bit and Windows Server 2003 64bit - New: Added daemon.exe tool so 3rd party applications written for Daemon Tools can be used - New: Added "Virtual Sheep" for 64bit OS - Change: "Buffered I/O" setting in VCDPrefs is now in effect for files mounted over the network (default is off) - Fix (Windows 2000/XP/Vista): Some reliability fixes - Fix: VCDPrefs could hang when clicking "OK" - Updated languages - Some minor changes and improvements Virtual CloneDrive 5.4.1.1: 2008 10 17 - New: Added emulation of BD, BDR and BDRE media - New: Maximum number of units increased to 15 - New: Improved history of last mounted image files - New: Added option to clear history of last mounted image files - Some minor changes and improvements Virtual CloneDrive 5.4.0.6: 2008 07 31 - New: Added support for 64-bit OS, e.g. Windows Vista 64 - Many internal changes and improvements, new driver - Updated languages Virtual CloneDrive 5.3.1.2: 2008 06 12 - New: Added option to use buffered I/O - Fix: Data integrity problem under Windows Vista Virtual CloneDrive 5.3.0.1: 2008 04 10 - New: Supports playback of HD-DVD & Blu-ray images in PowerDVD - New: Increased performance, if image files are accessed over the network - New: Better support for Windows Vista (32-bit only) Virtual CloneDrive 5.2.0.2: 2007 10 28 - New: Support for Windows Vista (32-bit only) Virtual CloneDrive 5.1.4.5: 2006 05 24 - Change: ElbyCDIO updated again to increase compatibility with broken SCSI or IDE drivers (INTEL Application Acceleration driver 1.x, CeQuadrat Virtual CDROM, ...) Virtual CloneDrive 5.1.4.4: 2006 02 29 - New: Installer will only ask for reboot, if a reboot is really necessary - New: Installer removes old ElbyCDIO.dll versions from CloneCD 3/4 installations to avoid a conflict - Updated ElbyCDIO access layer Virtual CloneDrive 5.1.4.3: 2006 02 23 - New: Updated ElbyCDIO access layer Virtual CloneDrive 5.1.4.2: 2006 02 22 - New: Mounted files which no longer exist will be deleted from the history - New: Updated ElbyCDIO access layer - Fix: VCDMount was not updated in the last release - Fix: Layer Break position was not correct - Fix: DVD images were sometimes treated as CD images - Some minor changes and improvements - Updated languages Virtual CloneDrive 5.1.3.1: 2006 02 14 - New: Added "Read physical DVD Structure" command - New: Added usage of Layer Break position from CloneCD images - New: Added /u command line option to VCDMount.exe to unmount an image - New: Added /d command line option to specify the unit (e.g., VCDMount /d=1 ) - New: The drive letter settings for the virtual drives will be preserved from a previous installation - Some minor fixes and improvements Virtual CloneDrive 5.1.1.1: 2005 04 21 - Fix: Many stability problems in ElbyCDIO Virtual CloneDrive 5.1.0.1: 2005 04 17 - New: Refuses to install on 64 bit Windows - Change: ElbyCDIO rewritten from scratch to have unified drivers for 32 and 64 bit Windows - Some minor changes and improvements - Updated languages Virtual CloneDrive 5.0.1.3: - fixed some blacklisting issues - better support for CloneCD5 .dvd files - accepts .dvd images created with SonicRomFormatter - added support for .iso images with .dvd extension - Some minor fixes and improvements - updated languages