Where the $#%!$@ is "Windows Disc Image Burner" ?

Question

I have Windows 10 Professional installed.  I have read about 50,000 posts and faqs that all happily claim that (1) Burning an iso image to disk has been supported since Windows 7, (2) Right click on the iso and select burn to disk (I have no such context option), (3) with the file selected, select "burn" from the share menu (this burns the file - not the bootable iso), (4) Associate your iso file with the Windows Disc Image Tool (I have no such program), etc etc etc, been trying for over 2 hours and nada.

So are we able to do this in Windows 10, or not?  Straight answer, please!  Or does Microsoft once more leave us to the whims of whoever wrote dodgy freeware/malware program to do something they should provide in the first place?

Answer 1

Hi Gregory. I'm Greg, an installation specialist and 9 year Windows MVP, here to help you.

If you want to complain to Microsoft use the Feedback Hub app in Start Menu where developers are tasked to process consumer feedback. But Microsoft will not even see it here because this is a tech forums where we are mostly volunteers trying to help solve your problems.

When I right click on an ISO in Version 1809 I still have Burn DIsk Image and haven't ever seen reported as missing. Do you have another image burning program installed like ImgBurn? You may need to use it until you do a Clean Install or perhaps a version Upgrade which will replace Image Burner. http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=Download

If you want to check over your install then Go over this checklist to make sure the install is set up correctly, optimized for best performance, and any needed repairs get done: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wiki...

Start with Step 4 to turn off Startup freeloaders which can conflict and cause issues, then Step 7 to check for infection the most thorough way, then step 10 to check for damaged System Files. Then continue with the other steps to go over your install most thoroughly.

If nothing else helps you can run a Repair Install by installing the Media Creation Tool and choosing from it to Upgrade Now. This reinstalls Windows in about an hour while saving your files, apps and most settings, solves many problems while also bringing it up to the latest version 1809 which you need anyway and by the most stable method. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/m...

I hope this helps. Feel free to ask back any questions and let us know how it goes. I will keep working with you until it's resolved.

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Answer 2

I am on Windows 10 Pro v1809. I found after updating to 1809 that all my previous file association were gone but

double clicking on a .iso file brought up the Windows Disc Image Burner in v1809.

In earlier versions of Windows I had associated .iso files with ImgBurn.

In v1809 you seem to have to tell Windows to Open With and select the program you want to burn with.

The file association bug needs fixing !

Answer 3

Check the registry entries:

Key Name:          HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.iso

Value 0

Name:            <NO NAME>

Type:            REG_SZ

Data:            Windows.IsoFile

Key Name:          HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.iso\OpenWithProgids

Value 0

Name:            AppXjqa1mpdt03v06zzw47a6jxc0w376s91x

Type:            REG_NONE

Data:

Value 1

Name:            Windows.IsoFile

Type:            REG_SZ

Data:

Key Name:          HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Windows.IsoFile

Value 0

Name:            <NO NAME>

Type:            REG_SZ

Data:            Disc Image File

Value 1

Name:            FriendlyTypeName

Type:            REG_EXPAND_SZ

Data:            @%SystemRoot%\System32\shell32.dll,-30602

Key Name:          HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Windows.IsoFile\DefaultIcon

Value 0

Name:            <NO NAME>

Type:            REG_EXPAND_SZ

Data:            %SystemRoot%\System32\imageres.dll,-5205

Key Name:          HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Windows.IsoFile\shell

Value 0

Name:            <NO NAME>

Type:            REG_SZ

Data:            mount

Key Name:          HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Windows.IsoFile\shell\burn

Value 0

Name:            MUIVerb

Type:            REG_EXPAND_SZ

Data:            @%SystemRoot%\System32\isoburn.exe,-351

Key Name:          HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Windows.IsoFile\shell\burn\command

Value 0

Name:            <NO NAME>

Type:            REG_EXPAND_SZ

Data:            %SystemRoot%\System32\isoburn.exe "%1"

Key Name:          HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Windows.IsoFile\shell\mount

Value 0

Name:            CommandStateSync

Type:            REG_SZ

Data:

Value 1

Name:            ExplorerCommandHandler

Type:            REG_SZ

Data:            {9ab3b1c9-3225-4bb4-93b6-bfb3c0d93743}

Value 2

Name:            MultiSelectModel

Type:            REG_SZ

Data:            Document

Key Name:          HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Windows.IsoFile\shell\mount\command

Value 0

Name:            <NO NAME>

Type:            REG_EXPAND_SZ

Data:            %SystemRoot%\Explorer.exe

Value 1

Name:            DelegateExecute

Type:            REG_SZ

Data:            {9ab3b1c9-3225-4bb4-93b6-bfb3c0d93743}

Key Name:          HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Windows.IsoFile\tabsets

Value 0

Name:            selection

Type:            REG_DWORD

Data:            0x704

Keith

Answer 4

Hi Gregory,

That option is in Windows 10 (see screenshot from My PC below) . . .

There may be something wrong with your Windows Installation that is causing that option to not appear . . .

Click your Start Button, type winver and hit Enter

On the resulting dialog, what version of Windows 10 are you running?