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I upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10 recently, and am looking to burn some .iso files. In Windows 7, there was a default program that I could use. I have dug around a bit, but cannot find one in Windows 10 so far. Although, a bunch of search functionality seems to be disabled on my machine, so I may just be searching incorrectly.
Is there a disc image burning program bundled in Windows 10 like there was in Windows 7?
Image of what I see:
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If you single click an ISO file using File Explorer "Disk Image Tools/Manage" shows up in the ribbon (much like MS office 2007 and later). If you click on "Manage" two options should appear below. Selecting "Burn" will give you the tool that you are looking for.
You should also be able to right click the file and select "Burn disc image" in the menu.
If you have a program like VCD associated with ISO files the options above will not show up.
Supplementary trick: to restore the tab showing up in the ribbon, you do not need to un-install anything: just reassociate .ISO with Explorer (right-click on any .ISO, Open with... submenu, select File Explorer and check the Always use... box; you can do the same thing with the Associate control panel).
Solitz
Posted 2015-08-11T05:43:12.700
Reputation: 766
8I don't seem to have a Manage tab, just File|Home|Share|View. When I right click on it, there is also no option to burn. I've added a link to what I see in the OP. – None – 2015-08-11T06:15:36.770
That's odd. Do you have the pro or home version? I have the pro version. – Solitz – 2015-08-11T06:18:26.300
1I have the Pro version. I had W7 Professional before the upgrade as well. – None – 2015-08-11T06:20:08.963
4Shot in the dark here but it could be the association with virtual clone drive that is causing the options I mentioned not to show up. – Solitz – 2015-08-11T06:26:21.113
I'll be damned. I uninstalled VCD (I don't use it often anymore) and it showed up. – None – 2015-08-11T06:29:12.560
34Supplementary trick: to restore the tab showing up in the ribbon, you do not need to un-install anything: just reassociate .ISO with Explorer (right-click on any .ISO, Open with... submenu, select File Explorer and check the Always use... box; you can do the same thing with the Associate control panel). So +1 for @Solitz which aimed pretty well in the dark! – AntoineL – 2015-09-23T09:29:52.027
1@AntoineL : why, Microsoft, why? Why do we even have to do that? That's so illogical. – kv1dr – 2015-10-24T17:07:09.740
3+1 for sorting out the file association issue. I hate to think how many people have purchased disc burning software due to this. – david25272 – 2015-10-28T22:57:37.753
File Explorer --> Open With --> Choose Another App --> Windows Explorer and Check Always Use Many thanks to Solitz! – zipzit – 2016-04-19T12:04:33.370
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For others, who don't have the "Manage" tab in Explorer, use "Open With" -> "Other application" -> select "c:\windows\system32\isoburn.exe"
András Budai
Posted 2015-08-11T05:43:12.700
Reputation: 521
This suggestion did not work in my system. Probably, some privilege problem or something else. – Léo Léopold Hertz 준영 – 2015-12-25T11:47:18.097
3Wow, thanks a lot, man. I can't believe how MS hides this feature. Why on earth is it not accessible via the right-mouse click menu? – Steve Broberg – 2016-06-04T17:00:41.490
This saved my bacon, I wasn't getting the manage option. Thanks a ton!!! – Justin – 2017-08-18T23:43:40.387
1This didn't work but I was able to run it from cmd prompt instead and pass in the name of the file – Joe Phillips – 2018-01-17T00:07:39.430
This worked for me on Win 10 Home upgraded from Win 7, where the accepted answer did not. Cheers! – beercohol – 2018-10-06T17:21:55.913
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I'm not sitting at a W10 machine, but the way I did it in W8.1 was:
Right-click -> Open with -> Windows Explorer
Then I selected all the files (CTRL+A)
Share ribbon -> Burn to disc
Christian B
Posted 2015-08-11T05:43:12.700
Reputation: 62
That option didn't show up under share. – None – 2015-08-11T06:29:51.817
What about Send To -> Disk drive? – Christian B – 2015-08-11T06:35:06.670
Nope, stopped at Desktop. It was the VCD association that wasn't allowing anything to show up. I removed it, and everything works now. – None – 2015-08-11T06:37:10.333
5-1 ... What about bootable iso files? – kv1dr – 2015-10-24T17:05:33.450
This has been a feature of Windows since Windows XP. You have been able mount .ISO since Windows 8.0 – Ramhound – 2015-08-11T13:43:11.300