Mounting and unmounting an ISO image with the command prompt

You can mount an iso file with explorer by default but can't do any modifications on files.

 

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I use DISM to mount and unmount

mount
DISM /Mount-Wim /WimFile: <wim_file> /Index: <image_number> /MountDir: <mount_directory>

unmount
DISM /Unmount-Wim /MountDir: <mount_directory> /Commit

 

Hey Snuffy . This is to mount a WIM not an ISO as OP asked for.

To mount an ISO:

Code:

powershell Mount-DiskImage -ImagePath "D:\pathtoyour.iso"

To un-mount the ISO:

Code:

powershell Dismount-DiskImage -ImagePath "D:\pathtoyour.iso"

To get the driveletter of the mounted ISO the ISOLABEL (mount ISO once to determine the label in properties) can be used:

Code:

for /f %%D in ('wmic volume get DriveLetter^, Label ^| find "ISOLABEL"') do set iso=%%D

Check driveletter with powershell in cmd:

Code:

powershell Get-DiskImage -ImagePath "D:\pathtoyour.iso" ^| Get-Volume

Code:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.3.9600]
(c) 2013 Microsoft Corporation. Alle Rechte vorbehalten.

C:\Windows\System32>powershell Mount-DiskImage -ImagePath "E:\IMAGES\DISC_IMAGES
\Win.8.1.SE\Acronis2015Beta\Win8.1SE_x64.ISO"

C:\Windows\System32>for /f %D in ('wmic volume get DriveLetter^, Label ^| find "
Win8.1SE"') do set iso=%D

C:\Windows\System32>set iso=G:

C:\Windows\System32>powershell Get-DiskImage -ImagePath "E:\IMAGES\DISC_IMAGES\W
in.8.1.SE\Acronis2015Beta\Win8.1SE_x64.ISO" ^| Get-Volume

DriveLetter FileSystemL FileSystem  DriveType  HealthStat SizeRemain       Size
            abel                               us                ing
----------- ----------- ----------  ---------  ---------- ----------       ----
G           Win8.1SE    UDF         CD-ROM     Healthy           0 B    3.51 GB

C:\Windows\System32>powershell Dismount-DiskImage -ImagePath "E:\IMAGES\DISC_IMA
GES\Win.8.1.SE\Acronis2015Beta\Win8.1SE_x64.ISO"

 

Your right as RAIN, Thanks for the correction...

 

i know im 7(!!!) yrs late but incase anybody wants the real answer to this question...
its "no"
i looked in2 wmic but afaict it cant spawn non-persistent object instances
BUT heres 5 lines (real lines - the 1s that start with ' are coments) of vbscript that will do it 4u

Code:

' this is exactly how the Mount-Diskimage PS cmdlet works internally BTW
With GetObject("WinMgmtS:\\.\ROOT\Microsoft\Windows\Storage").Get("MSFT_DiskImage").SpawnInstance_()
    ' -ImagePath must be a full path
    .ImagePath = "C:\Users\User\Download\en-us_windows_server_version_2022_updated_october_2021_x64_dvd_b6e25591.iso"

    ' -StorageType switch: 0 for "unknown" (virtdisk.dll will guess), 1 for iso, 2 for vhd, 3 for vhdx
    .StorageType = 0

    ' the first parameter is -Access: 0 for unknown, 2 for read-write, 3 for read-only
    ' the second is -NoDriveLetter: false to assign a letter, true to attach imae but not give it a drive letter
    .Mount 3, False
End With

2 unmount, change

Code:

.Mount 3, False

to

Code:

.Dismount

(Dismount method takes no parameters)

edit: works in winpe/winre if u have the WinPE-StorageWMI package installed too
its installed by default since 2013 but earlier versions (and "naked" pe from the adk) will need it dism /add-package'd