How do you mount 60+ images on virtual drives?

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I need to have 60+ images mounted via virtual drive so they can be accessed instantly rather than mounted then accessed. (It is a whole bunch of kid games for my niece who can't mount images etc b/c she is only 4) Yes I know that most popular virtual drive software limits the amount of drives to 31 or so drives (basically A-Z is the max) but I find that limitation hard to believe since it is not limited by resources but by the amount of letters we have in the alphabet. So any help would be appreciated.

Nick T · Accepted Answer

I dont think there is a way.
Your best bet is to use a command line / batch file to mount the ISO and then start the game from a  single icon. daemon tools supports a command line interface.

EDIT -
Your batch file would need to look something like this, assuming your first daemon drive is z:

daemon.exe -mount 0,"c:&#92;My Games&#92;NameOfGame.iso"
z:&#92;game.exe

look here for a "full" reference
http://www.daemon-help.com/windows_integration_lite/command_line_parameters.html

Colanth's suggestion of a menu system would work in a similar manner, just instead of icons on the desktop you would use a small scripted application or html front end.

thebig_a_27 · Answer

our alphabet has 26 letters, and windows systems only have 26 drive letters.  if your images need to mounted at the root of a drive, this is the limit.

Anonymous · Answer

SunOS can do that, Windows, Linux and MacOS can't.  You'd have to rewrite Windows itself to use something other than letters to designate drives.  (Using 2 digit numbers, for example, you could have 90 drives.)

Or write a wrapper (something like a menu) to give her the choice of all the games from a few virtual drives.

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