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 <filename>)
- 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