How do I make an icon that mounts and starts a game?

[Xophile]

Hi!

Is there a simple way to:

1. Mount an image/mini image
2. Start up a game
3. Unmount the image when finished playing

Number 1-2 is the most important but 1-3 would be awesome.

I just can't get Daemount to work with right-click mount/unmount nowadays.

Thanks!

[Joe Forster/STA]

I use batch files for this (and pretty much everything else ;)), using the command line interfaces of Alcohol 120% and Daemon Tools. To mount:
- Alcohol 120%: axcmd 1: /m:"filename"
- Daemon Tools: daemon -mount 0,"filename"
To unmount:
- Alcohol 120%: axcmd 1: /u
- Daemon Tools: daemon -unmount 0

Notes:
- You can find axcmd.exe and daemon.exe in the home directory of the installed software. Call them with a fully qualified filename: "C:\Program Files\Daemon Tools\daemon.exe [...]" or similar.
- These examples (un)mount the first emulated drive; that's what "1:" and "0" stand for. Use "2:" or "1" for the second drive etc.
- Always use fully qualified filenames, along with full path as specifying only the filename of the image may not work otherwise: for Alcohol 120% it definitely won't; for Daemon Tools, it works only if you're in the directory in which the image resides.

[Xophile]

Thank you kindly for that information!

I'll try it right away!

One thing though, can the .bat file automatically unmount the image when I'm done playing?

[neptun]

I recommend you to use Daemon Script.You can download it from daemon tools homepage.It works perfect for me.

[Xophile]

Neptun:

I found out about Daemoun Script just a minute ago. It works perfect!

Although I'd like to use as few applications as possible, I really like to know how to make a simple batch-file (or script) that can do what I want in my second post?

[Xophile]

This worked like a charm!

"C:\XXX\DAEMON Tools\daemon.exe" -mount 0,"X:\The Battle for Middle-Earth I\XXX.mds"
"X:\\The Battle for Middle-Earth I\lotrbfme.exe"
"C:\XXX\DAEMON Tools\daemon.exe" -unmount 0