the way i have it set up, daemon does launch automatically at startup (which is default i think). i usually just have it set to 1 virtual drive, but sometimes use 2 or 3. the fact that these extra drives appear in my computer seems more convenient than problematic
you can easily change these settings to have daemon running only when you run it (ie NOT at startup) and you can disable all virtual drives while still having the program running to get rid of the disk icons in my computer
however there isnt a way to hide the icon in my computer while still using a mounted image as a CD if thats what you're asking (why would you want to do this anyway? if you want it to act as a CD drive, then an icon in my computer is part and parcel of that.)
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