ISO Recorder Power Toy

It is open source software released under a license similar to the BSD license with advertising clause. This, the unauthorized ISO Recorder Power Toy, along with other third party software, was mentioned by Ed Bott, a Microsoft Press author, in a Microsoft online article, named "Windows XP CD Burning Secrets".

The software:

• adds an Explorer menu item called "Create ISO image file" when you right-click on a folder;
• adds an Explorer menu item called "Copy image to CD" when you right-click on an ISO;
• associates itself with the .ISO extension.

Alex Feinman (MVP REconnect) wrote ISO Recorder, other utilities for Windows, and a TAPI wrapper.

On Windows XP, the software cannot create or burn anything larger than a CD. As of version 3.1, ISO Recorder is compatible with Windows 7.

Windows 8 can natively mount ISO files, Windows Vista or Windows 7 alone, cannot burn an ISO image. Office of Information Technology, University of Colorado Boulder recommends that you use ISO Recorder Power Toy.

Versions

Latest is ISO Recorder 3.1.

• ISO Recorder V1 – for Windows XP Gold (no service pack) and Windows XP SP1
• ISO Recorder V2 – for Windows XP SP2/SP3 and Windows 2003 (including 64-bit OS)
• ISO Recorder V3 RC1 (June 2007)
• ISO Recorder V3 – for Windows Vista
• ISO Recorder V3.1 – for Windows Vista/Windows 7