Context Menu : Mount VHD as V

I often mount VHDs and ISOs and prefer them to be mounted as V and X.

I came up with the script below.

I'm not too familiar with PowerShell. Any suggestions.comments?

- I don't want to call a external script/program from the registry. (code should be in the registry entry)
- I don't want to install PS 7.
- I don't want any dependencies e.g. Imdisk.

Is there any other (better) way to do this ?

Code:

Reg.exe add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Classes\Windows.VhdFile\shell\Mount VHD as V\command" /ve /t REG_SZ /d "powershell -windowstyle hidden -command ""foreach ($l in 'V:\','W:\','Y:\','Z:\') {if ( -not (Test-Path -Path $l)) {$d = $l.substring(0,2) ; break}} ; mountvol $d (Mount-DiskImage -ImagePath '%%1' -NoDriveLetter -PassThru | Get-Disk | Get-Partition | Get-Volume).UniqueId""" /f

Reg.exe add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Classes\Windows.IsoFile\shell\Mount ISO as X\command" /ve /t REG_SZ /d "powershell -windowstyle hidden -command ""foreach ($l in 'X:\','Y:\','Z:\') {if ( -not (Test-Path -Path $l)) {$d = $l.substring(0,2) ; break}} ; mountvol $d (Mount-DiskImage -ImagePath '%%1' -NoDriveLetter | Get-Volume).UniqueId""" /f

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These work too:

for VHDs:

Code:

Reg.exe add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Classes\Windows.VhdFile\shell\Mount VHD as V\command" /ve /t REG_SZ /d "cmd /c ""@ECHO OFF & FOR %%%%I IN (V W U T S R) DO IF NOT EXIST %%%%I:\ ((echo select vdisk file=%%1 & echo attach vdisk & echo select partition 1 & echo assign letter=%%%%I & echo exit) | diskpart  > nul 2>&1 & exit)""" /f

and

Code:

Reg.exe add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Classes\Windows.VhdFile\shell\Mount VHD as V\command" /ve /t REG_SZ /d "powershell -windowstyle hidden -command ""foreach ($l in 'V:\','W:\','Y:\','Z:\') {if ( -not (Test-Path -Path $l)) {$d = $l.substring(0,1) ; break}} ; Get-Partition(Mount-DiskImage -ImagePath '%%1' -NoDriveLetter).Number |  Set-Partition -NewDriveLetter $d""" /f

EDIT : Yes, I get a flashing PS window.

EDIT : See next post.

 

The code posted above 'worked' on Win 11.
But not on Win 10. I had got the escape characters wrong in the reg add command.

Corrected code :

To install

Code:

Reg.exe add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Classes\Windows.VhdFile\shell\Mount VHD as V\command" /ve /t REG_SZ /d "powershell -windowstyle hidden -command \"foreach ($l in 'V:\','W:\','Y:\','Z:\') {if ( -not (Test-Path -Path $l)) {$d = $l.substring(0,2) ; break}} ; mountvol $d (Mount-DiskImage -ImagePath '%%1' -NoDriveLetter -PassThru ^| Get-Disk ^| Get-Partition ^| Get-Volume).UniqueId\"" /f

Reg.exe add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Classes\Windows.VhdFile\shell\Mount VHD as V" /v "Icon" /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /d "%%SystemRoot%%\System32\imageres.dll,-32" /f

Reg.exe add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Classes\Windows.IsoFile\shell\Mount ISO as X\command" /ve /t REG_SZ /d "powershell -windowstyle hidden -command \"foreach ($l in 'X:\','Y:\','Z:\') {if ( -not (Test-Path -Path $l)) {$d = $l.substring(0,2) ; break}} ; mountvol $d (Mount-DiskImage -ImagePath '%%1' -NoDriveLetter ^| Get-Volume).UniqueId\"" /f

Reg.exe add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Classes\Windows.IsoFile\shell\Mount ISO as X" /v "Icon" /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /d "%%SystemRoot%%\System32\imageres.dll,-5205" /f

UPDATE : Corrected mountvol argument :

Code:

Reg.exe add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Classes\Windows.VhdFile\shell\Mount VHD as V\command" /ve /t REG_SZ /d "powershell -windowstyle hidden -command \"foreach ($l in 'V:\','W:\','Y:\','Z:\') {if ( -not (Test-Path -Path $l)) {$d = $l ; break}} ; mountvol $d (Mount-DiskImage -ImagePath '%%1' -NoDriveLetter -PassThru ^| Get-Disk ^| Get-Partition ^| Get-Volume).UniqueId\"" /f

Reg.exe add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Classes\Windows.VhdFile\shell\Mount VHD as V" /v "Icon" /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /d "%%SystemRoot%%\System32\imageres.dll,-32" /f

Reg.exe add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Classes\Windows.IsoFile\shell\Mount ISO as X\command" /ve /t REG_SZ /d "powershell -windowstyle hidden -command \"foreach ($l in 'X:\','Y:\','Z:\') {if ( -not (Test-Path -Path $l)) {$d = $l ; break}} ; mountvol $d (Mount-DiskImage -ImagePath '%%1' -NoDriveLetter ^| Get-Volume).UniqueId\"" /f

Reg.exe add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Classes\Windows.IsoFile\shell\Mount ISO as X" /v "Icon" /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /d "%%SystemRoot%%\System32\imageres.dll,-5205" /f

To uninstall

Code:

Reg.exe DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\Windows.VhdFile\shell\Mount VHD as V"  /f
Reg.exe DELETE "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Classes\Windows.VhdFile\shell\Mount VHD as V"  /f

Reg.exe DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\Windows.IsoFile\shell\Mount ISO as X"  /f
Reg.exe DELETE "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Classes\Windows.IsoFile\shell\Mount ISO as X"  /f

 

Simple VHD Manager ( https://www.sordum.org/8705/simple-vhd-manager-v1-5/ ) from Sordum has now added this feature.

You can now use something like "VhdManager_x64.exe /A /L=V: C:\path\my.vhd" to your context menu for VHDs and ISOs,