Faking a CD-ROM

[CetiAlphaV]

I'm working for a school system and we want to run some education games. To do this we need to tell the program to look to a network drive to find the files it needs from the cd-rom. What is the best way to fake a program into think that a network drive is a cd-rom.

 

[Bglad]

Have you tried installing the programs from the network drive so that it loads that location as default?

 

[BruinGuy]

It doesn't work for everything but I often just copy the cd to a folder on the remote computer, create a share, and then on the computer I want to run the program, merely map that share as a drive, often programs won't know the difference

 

[CetiAlphaV]

Thanks for the suggestions, however, I have tried to do both of those things, and have now run out of ideas.

 

[jasonlee123]

Are you installing these games from a cd? If so why would you need to locate those files when they are on the cd? If you are trying to install a game over the network then do it the way you have been. You could also set a path and modify the source path in the registry if there is one for that program (if its windows system files the game is looking for).

 

[jaywallen]

Would Virtual CD work? I haven't used it, but I've heard good things from MIS types who do. I believe there's a downloadable trial version available.

Hope you find something.

Regards,
Jim