Add the ablity to mount disc image files

[Advik-B]

What's the Problem?

When you double click on a disc image file, the following happens:

Windows Explorer

will mount the file and display it as a drive

Files

nothing happens

Solution/Idea

Add the ablity to mount disc image files, or ... at least use windows explorer to mount it, then show it as a drive

Alternatives

hard-code it yourself, or use this library

Priorities

Capability	Priority
This proposal will allow developers to accomplish W	Must
This proposal will allow end users to accomplish X	Should
This proposal will allow developers to accomplish Y	Could
This proposal will allow end users to accomplish Z	Won't

Files Version

Version: 2.1.2.0
OS Version: 10.0.22000.434

Windows Version

Windows 11 Pro 22000.434

Comments

Windows Specs:

Edition	Windows 11 Pro
Version	21H2
Installed on	‎09-‎12-‎2021
OS build	22000.434
Experience	Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22000.434.0

Device Specs:

Device name	Trivvv
Processor	Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7400 CPU @ 3.00GHz   3.00 GHz
Installed RAM	8.00 GB
Device ID	94635F54-E20A-4659-9DD3-C11F86B428C7
Product ID	00331-10000-00001-AA267
System type	64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Pen and touch	No pen or touch input is available for this display

[gave92]

Are we talking about ".ISO" files?

[Advik-B]

yes

[Advik-B]

Also TRY to add support for The following file extensions

[gave92]

Iso images (and vhds) open fine in Files for me, so bug. Could you upload the app's log files?

[Advik-B]

debug.log
debug_fulltrust.log

[Advik-B]

debug.log
debug_fulltrust.log

[Advik-B]

Yea.... the log files are not showing anything

[Advik-B]

So... this is a bug AND a feature request?

[Advik-B]

I found a lot of helpful links here

[gave92]

@Advik-B could you check what happens if you right-click an ISO file and choose "Mount" instead of double-clicking it?

[Advik-B]

No it does not work

[gave92]

What happens instead? You don't have a mount option? You get a request for administrator but the iso is not mounted?

[Advik-B]

Yes, also I don’t need admin to mount drive in windows explorer

[Josh65-2201]

Would there be any point to mounting it as a drive when #8232 is implemented?

[pritster5]

If we want to replicate Windows File Explorer functionality as closely as possible (since this is supposed to be an alternative), native mounting support would be ideal rather than extract the ISO via 7zip.

[Josh65-2201]

You wouldn't need to extract it to view it would just act like a folder.

[Josh65-2201]

Asking @yaichenbaum for approval.

[yaira2]

Would there be any point to mounting it as a drive when #8232 is implemented?

@Josh-65 #8232 might not come with support for viewing iso files. We can keep this open for now but we haven't been able to reproduce the issue on our end.