problem with daemon tools under litestep Thread last updated on 2008-06-24 19:43:26

Posted by member 406508 on 2008-06-15 17:36:28

I am having kind of a strange problem that I can't seem to find the answer to. I tried to use Daemon tools to mount a game iso and nothing was happening. I switched back to the standard Windows shell and Daemon tools worked as normal. Does anyone know what might be preventing Daemon tools to function properly when using litestep? Also, any kind of game or software cd doesn't appear to bring up any kind of install prompt, so I'm guessing that this problem isn't limited to Daemon Tools.

Posted by member 1 on 2008-06-15 19:27:29 link

AutoRun is part of the exploer shell if I remember right. I have used Daemon Tools from within LS without a problem. Then again I have never used it from Explorer so I don't know if it acts differently.

Posted by member 378340 on 2008-06-15 22:15:11 link

some apps have problems with LS, it's weird. zonealarm has a problem to, were the internet access prompts don't display correctly.

and DeViLbOi - :)

Posted by member 406508 on 2008-06-15 22:19:12 link

Well until I find a solution I guess I can always just switch back to explorer whenever I need to install something.

Posted by member 1 on 2008-06-16 08:55:04 link

What happens when you try to manually mount the image?

Posted by member 31 on 2008-06-16 09:52:41 link

Please file a bug report for any application that doesn't run correctly under LS. You can either send an email to the lsdev team contact address, or use the bug tracker. You can find these things at http://www.lsdev.org

Posted by member 378340 on 2008-06-20 19:02:57 link

after testing this myself, i found that the image is not mounted normally. if you try and mount an image, it will not be mounted until you close daemon tools. although it still gets mounted, you have to close deamon tools first.

i will file a bug report if one does not already exist.

Posted by member 1 on 2008-06-20 21:55:43 link

daemon tools actually has a window? I've only ever used the systray icon. That would explain why I never had a problem I guess.

Posted by member 378340 on 2008-06-21 23:58:02 link

huh? it has a window?
i've never seen a window...

i meant right-click on the system tray icon and click exit. however, deamon tools works when switching iso's just the first one that is mounted that seems to reguire a restart of deamon tools.

Posted by member 406508 on 2008-06-22 01:01:38 link

Thanks crazy2be, your little work around does the trick nicely.

Posted by member 378340 on 2008-06-22 22:52:32 link

yeah, don't know what the problem is. for some reason it must have trouble starting the virtual driver required to mount the iso, but the fact that it works when you close it is beyond me.

and i still need to file a bug report :)

they thing is, my last one turned out to be a user error, so i'm being cautious about this one :)

Posted by member 378340 on 2008-06-24 19:43:26 link

deamon tools also works if you launch it from the command line, although i suppose that is because it automatically exits.