As described in another topic, check for additional CD/DVD filter drivers:

Select “start->run” or press “Windows key + R key”, type “regedit”.
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> SYSTEM -> CurrentControlSet -> Control -> Class
Press “Ctrl+F”, type “cdrom”, press ENTER.
Ensure that the “{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}” class was selected on the left.
Carefully examine the values on the right. If anything like “UpperFilters”, “LowerFilters” or anything else containing the word “filter” appears there, please either post the values here, or make a screenshot of your regedit window.

Try installing the latest trial of GearDVD. The version of GearASPIWdm that comes with it does not conflict with WinCDEmu. Moreover, it the Gear installer “understands” that GearASPIWdm is also needed by iTunes, uninstalling the trial will still keep the latest version of the filter.

That’s just brilliant. Apparently, the Gear installer (file was called Download GEARDVD703rc19 now.exe) installed the 32-bit filter driver (that was of course ignored on 64-bit Windows), but updated the “UpperFilters” key, making me believe that the driver was there. So, no “GearDVD over iTunes” recipe” will work, unfortunately 🙁
I’ll try to investigate the GEAR-related problems later and maybe add some workaround, but I cannot promise anything, as gear stuff seems to be a big buggy mess, and I don’t want to support CD/DVD burning/identification commands in WinCDEmu, as this may come out twice more complex than the current WinCDEmu code.

This is a well-known bug in version 3.1. Please install WinCDEmu 3.3

I install today for the first time the 3.3-1 version on my windows 7 home premium 32-bit and when i try to mount an image windows start the driver installation and after about 5 minutes it fail installation. Then poweroff is broken. Please solve this problem! Thank you!!!

I had the same problems with 3.3 – installing driver times out, must do a hard power off to shut down, etc., and renaming the Upperfilters registry entry fixed it for me. I never use iTunes to write to disc, so I don’t care if the fix disables that functionality. I would recommend putting this solution on a help or FAQ page.

@OliT wrote:

Hi,

I have the problem that WinCDEmu is not working on my Windows 7 Ultimate (32-Bit). I had installed V3.1 one month ago and it worked perfectly. As I wanted to mount an ISO image yesterday it failed for unknown reasons (no new drive and no error indication). So I

• Uninstalled V 3.1, Rebooted[/*:11uu5u2p]
• Ran wcdcleanup, Rebooted[/*:11uu5u2p]
• Installed the latest V3.3.1, Rebooted[/*:11uu5u2p]

After this mounting an ISO image started the installation of a new device driver which timed out after 5 minutes with error 0x000005b4 which is just the error code for timeout (see the attached extract of setupapi.dev.log). One main difference of installed software on my system between the working state and the current state of failure is the installation of iTunes in the meantime which was already mentioned as a trouble maker in other threads.

Any ideas what might go wrong ?

>>>  [Device Install (Hardware initiated) - BazisVirtualCDBusStandardDeviceVirtualCD_0000]

>>>  Section start 2010/04/24 08:19:51.683

ump: Creating Install Process: DrvInst.exe 08:19:51.685

ndv: Retrieving device info...

ndv: Setting device parameters...

ndv: Searching Driver Store and Device Path...

dvi: {Build Driver List} 08:19:52.658

cpy:      Policy is set to make all digital signatures equal.

dvi:      Enumerating INFs from path list 'C:Windowsinf'

inf:      Opened PNF: 'C:WindowsSystem32DriverStoreFileRepositorycdrom.inf_x86_neutral_db87d184bc84f910cdrom.inf' ([strings.0409])

dvi:      Created Driver Node:

dvi:           HardwareID   - GenCdRom

dvi:           InfName      - C:WindowsSystem32DriverStoreFileRepositorycdrom.inf_x86_neutral_db87d184bc84f910cdrom.inf

dvi:           DevDesc      - CD-ROM Drive

dvi:           DrvDesc      - CD-ROM Drive

dvi:           Provider     - Microsoft

dvi:           Mfg          - (Standard CD-ROM drives)

dvi:           ModelsSec    - cdrom_device.NTx86

dvi:           InstallSec   - cdrom_install

dvi:           ActualSec    - cdrom_install

dvi:           Rank         - 0x00ff0000

dvi:           Signer       - Microsoft Windows

dvi:           Signer Score - INBOX

dvi:           DrvDate      - 06/21/2006

dvi:           Version      - 6.1.7600.16385

dvi: {Build Driver List - exit(0x00000000)} 08:19:52.982

ndv: Selecting best match from Driver Store (including Device Path)...

dvi: {DIF_SELECTBESTCOMPATDRV} 08:19:52.985

dvi:      Using exported function 'DvdClassInstaller' in module 'C:Windowssystem32storprop.dll'.

dvi:      Class installer == storprop.dll,DvdClassInstaller

dvi:      Using exported function 'StorageCoInstaller' in module 'C:Windowssystem32SysClass.Dll'.

dvi:      CoInstaller 1 == SysClass.Dll,StorageCoInstaller

dvi:      Using exported function 'CriticalDeviceCoInstaller' in module 'C:Windowssystem32SysClass.Dll'.

dvi:      CoInstaller 2 == SysClass.Dll,CriticalDeviceCoInstaller

dvi:      CoInstaller 1: Enter 08:19:53.013

dvi:      CoInstaller 1: Exit

dvi:      CoInstaller 2: Enter 08:19:53.016

dvi:      CoInstaller 2: Exit

dvi:      Class installer: Enter 08:19:53.019

dvi:      Class installer: Exit

dvi:      Default installer: Enter 08:19:53.022

dvi:           {Select Best Driver}

dvi:                Selected driver installs from section [cdrom_install] in 'c:windowssystem32driverstorefilerepositorycdrom.inf_x86_neutral_db87d184bc84f910cdrom.inf'.

dvi:                {DIF_DESTROYPRIVATEDATA} 08:19:53.027

dvi:                     CoInstaller 1: Enter 08:19:53.029

dvi:                     CoInstaller 1: Exit

dvi:                     CoInstaller 2: Enter 08:19:53.032

dvi:                     CoInstaller 2: Exit

dvi:                     Class installer: Enter 08:19:53.035

dvi:                     Class installer: Exit

dvi:                     Default installer: Enter 08:19:53.038

dvi:                     Default installer: Exit

dvi:                {DIF_DESTROYPRIVATEDATA - exit(0xe000020e)} 08:19:53.041

dvi:                Set selected driver complete.

dvi:                Selected:

dvi:                     Description - [CD-ROM Drive]

dvi:                     InfFile     - [c:windowssystem32driverstorefilerepositorycdrom.inf_x86_neutral_db87d184bc84f910cdrom.inf]

dvi:                     Section     - [cdrom_install]

dvi:                     Signer      - [Microsoft Windows]

dvi:                     Rank        - [0x00ff0000]

dvi:           {Select Best Driver - exit(0x00000000)}

dvi:      Default installer: Exit

dvi: {DIF_SELECTBESTCOMPATDRV - exit(0x00000000)} 08:19:53.056

inf: {SetupCopyOEMInf: C:WindowsINFcdrom.inf} 08:19:53.057

inf: {SetupCopyOEMInf exit (0x00000050)} 08:19:53.059

inf: Opened PNF: 'C:WindowsSystem32DriverStoreFileRepositorycdrom.inf_x86_neutral_db87d184bc84f910cdrom.inf' ([strings.0409])

dvi: Selected driver installs from section [cdrom_install] in 'c:windowssystem32driverstorefilerepositorycdrom.inf_x86_neutral_db87d184bc84f910cdrom.inf'.

dvi: Set selected driver complete.

ndv: Driver selected, now performing install...

ndv: {Core Device Install} 08:19:53.068

inf:      Opened INF: 'C:WindowsINFcdrom.inf' ([strings.0409])

inf:      Saved PNF: 'C:WindowsINFcdrom.PNF' (Language = 0409)

inf:      Opened PNF: 'C:WindowsINFcdrom.inf' ([strings.0409])

dvi:      {DIF_ALLOW_INSTALL} 08:19:53.112

dvi:           Using exported function 'DvdClassInstaller' in module 'C:Windowssystem32storprop.dll'.

dvi:           Class installer == storprop.dll,DvdClassInstaller

dvi:           Using exported function 'StorageCoInstaller' in module 'C:Windowssystem32SysClass.Dll'.

dvi:           CoInstaller 1 == SysClass.Dll,StorageCoInstaller

dvi:           Using exported function 'CriticalDeviceCoInstaller' in module 'C:Windowssystem32SysClass.Dll'.

dvi:           CoInstaller 2 == SysClass.Dll,CriticalDeviceCoInstaller

dvi:           CoInstaller 1: Enter 08:19:53.123

dvi:           CoInstaller 1: Exit

dvi:           CoInstaller 2: Enter 08:19:53.126

dvi:           CoInstaller 2: Exit

dvi:           Class installer: Enter 08:19:53.129

dvi:           Class installer: Exit

dvi:           Default installer: Enter 08:19:53.132

dvi:           Default installer: Exit

dvi:      {DIF_ALLOW_INSTALL - exit(0xe000020e)} 08:19:53.135

ndv:      Installing files...

dvi:      {DIF_INSTALLDEVICEFILES} 08:19:53.139

dvi:           CoInstaller 1: Enter 08:19:53.140

dvi:           CoInstaller 1: Exit

dvi:           CoInstaller 2: Enter 08:19:53.143

dvi:           CoInstaller 2: Exit

dvi:           Class installer: Enter 08:19:53.146

dvi:           Class installer: Exit

dvi:           Default installer: Enter 08:19:53.149

dvi:                {Install FILES}

inf:                     Opened PNF: 'c:windowssystem32driverstorefilerepositorycdrom.inf_x86_neutral_db87d184bc84f910cdrom.inf' ([strings.0409])

inf:                     {Install Inf Section [cdrom_install]}

inf:                          CopyFiles=cdrom_copyfiles  (cdrom.inf line 92)

flq:                          CopyFiles from an inbox inf.

cpy:                          Open PnpLockdownPolicy: Err=2. This is OK. Use LockDownPolicyDefault

flq:                          QueueSingleCopy...

flq:                          Inf     : 'c:windowssystem32driverstorefilerepositorycdrom.inf_x86_neutral_db87d184bc84f910cdrom.inf'

flq:                          SourceInf: 'c:windowssystem32driverstorefilerepositorycdrom.inf_x86_neutral_db87d184bc84f910cdrom.inf'

flq:                          SourceSection: [sourcedisksfiles]

flq:                          Source root path based on SourceInf

flq:                          SourceRootPath: 'C:WindowsSystem32DriverStoreFileRepositorycdrom.inf_x86_neutral_db87d184bc84f910'

flq:                          {FILE_QUEUE_COPY}

flq:                               CopyStyle      - 0x09000000

flq:                               {FILE_QUEUE_COPY}

flq:                                    CopyStyle      - 0x09000000

flq:                                    SourceRootPath - 'C:WindowsSystem32DriverStoreFileRepositorycdrom.inf_x86_neutral_db87d184bc84f910'

flq:                                    SourceFilename - 'cdrom.sys'

flq:                                    TargetDirectory- 'C:Windowssystem32DRIVERS'

flq:                                    TargetFilename - 'cdrom.sys'

flq:                                    SourceDesc     - 'windows cd'

flq:                               {FILE_QUEUE_COPY exit(0x00000000)}

flq:                          {FILE_QUEUE_COPY exit(0x00000000)}

inf:                     {Install Inf Section [cdrom_install] exit (0x00000000)}

dvi:                     Processing co-installer registration section [cdrom_install.CoInstallers].

inf:                     {Install Inf Section [cdrom_install.CoInstallers]}

inf:                     {Install Inf Section [cdrom_install.CoInstallers] exit (0x00000000)}

dvi:                     Co-installers registered.

dvi:                     {Install INTERFACES}

dvi:                          Installing section [cdrom_install.Interfaces]

dvi:                     {Install INTERFACES exit 00000000}

dvi:                {Install FILES exit (0x00000000)}

dvi:           Default installer: Exit

dvi:      {DIF_INSTALLDEVICEFILES - exit(0x00000000)} 08:19:53.199

ndv:      Pruning file queue...

dvi:      {_SCAN_FILE_QUEUE}

flq:           ScanQ flags=620

flq:                SPQ_SCAN_PRUNE_COPY_QUEUE

flq:                SPQ_SCAN_FILE_COMPARISON

flq:                SPQ_SCAN_ACTIVATE_DRP

flq:           ScanQ number of copy nodes=1

flq:           File 'C:Windowssystem32DRIVERScdrom.sys' pruned from copy.

sig:           Using catalog 'C:Windowssystem32CatRoot{F750E6C3-38EE-11D1-85E5-00C04FC295EE}Microsoft-Windows-Common-Drivers-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~x86~~6.1.7600.16385.cat'.

cpy:           DrpSetRegFileProt 'C:Windowssystem32DRIVERScdrom.sys' Status=0 Class=Inbox Windows protected

flq:           ScanQ action=200 DoPruning=32

flq:           ScanQ end Validity flags=620 CopyNodes=0

dvi:      {_SCAN_FILE_QUEUE exit(0, 0x00000000)}

ndv:      Committing file queue...

flq:      {_commit_file_queue}

flq:           CommitQ DelNodes=0 RenNodes=0 CopyNodes=0

flq:           CommitQ early exit: No nodes are queued

flq:      {_commit_file_queue exit OK}

ndv:      Registering CoInstallers...

dvi:      {DIF_REGISTER_COINSTALLERS} 08:19:53.285

dvi:           CoInstaller 1: Enter 08:19:53.288

dvi:           CoInstaller 1: Exit

dvi:           CoInstaller 2: Enter 08:19:53.290

dvi:           CoInstaller 2: Exit

dvi:           Class installer: Enter 08:19:53.293

dvi:           Class installer: Exit

dvi:           Default installer: Enter 08:19:53.296

inf:                Opened PNF: 'c:windowssystem32driverstorefilerepositorycdrom.inf_x86_neutral_db87d184bc84f910cdrom.inf' ([strings.0409])

inf:                {Install Inf Section [cdrom_install.CoInstallers]}

inf:                {Install Inf Section [cdrom_install.CoInstallers] exit (0x00000000)}

dvi:                {DIF_DESTROYPRIVATEDATA} 08:19:53.304

dvi:                     CoInstaller 1: Enter 08:19:53.305

dvi:                     CoInstaller 1: Exit

dvi:                     CoInstaller 2: Enter 08:19:53.308

dvi:                     CoInstaller 2: Exit

dvi:                     Class installer: Enter 08:19:53.311

dvi:                     Class installer: Exit

dvi:                     Default installer: Enter 08:19:53.313

dvi:                     Default installer: Exit

dvi:                {DIF_DESTROYPRIVATEDATA - exit(0xe000020e)} 08:19:53.316

dvi:                Co-installers registered.

dvi:           Default installer: Exit

dvi:      {DIF_REGISTER_COINSTALLERS - exit(0x00000000)} 08:19:53.320

ndv:      Installing interfaces...

dvi:      {DIF_INSTALLINTERFACES} 08:19:53.323

dvi:           Using exported function 'StorageCoInstaller' in module 'C:Windowssystem32SysClass.Dll'.

dvi:           CoInstaller 1 == SysClass.Dll,StorageCoInstaller

dvi:           Using exported function 'CriticalDeviceCoInstaller' in module 'C:Windowssystem32SysClass.Dll'.

dvi:           CoInstaller 2 == SysClass.Dll,CriticalDeviceCoInstaller

dvi:           CoInstaller 1: Enter 08:19:53.331

dvi:           CoInstaller 1: Exit

dvi:           CoInstaller 2: Enter 08:19:53.334

dvi:           CoInstaller 2: Exit

dvi:           Class installer: Enter 08:19:53.337

dvi:           Class installer: Exit

dvi:           Default installer: Enter 08:19:53.340

dvi:                {Install INTERFACES}

inf:                     Opened PNF: 'c:windowssystem32driverstorefilerepositorycdrom.inf_x86_neutral_db87d184bc84f910cdrom.inf' ([strings.0409])

dvi:                     Installing section [cdrom_install.Interfaces]

dvi:                {Install INTERFACES exit 00000000}

dvi:           Default installer: Exit

dvi:      {DIF_INSTALLINTERFACES - exit(0x00000000)} 08:19:53.349

ndv:      Installing device...

dvi:      {DIF_INSTALLDEVICE} 08:19:53.352

dvi:           CoInstaller 1: Enter 08:19:53.353

dvi:           CoInstaller 1: Exit

dvi:           CoInstaller 2: Enter 08:19:53.358

dvi:           CoInstaller 2: Exit

dvi:           Class installer: Enter 08:19:53.361

dvi:           Class installer: Exit

dvi:           Default installer: Enter 08:19:53.364

dvi:                {Install DEVICE}

inf:                     Opened PNF: 'c:windowssystem32driverstorefilerepositorycdrom.inf_x86_neutral_db87d184bc84f910cdrom.inf' ([strings.0409])

dvi:                     Processing Registry/Property directives...

inf:                     {Install Inf Section [cdrom_install]}

inf:                     {Install Inf Section [cdrom_install] exit (0x00000000)}

inf:                     {Install Inf Section [cdrom_install.Hw]}

inf:                          AddReg=nosync_addreg  (cdrom.inf line 95)

inf:                     {Install Inf Section [cdrom_install.Hw] exit (0x00000000)}

dvi:                     {Writing Device Properties}

dvi:                          Provider name=Microsoft

dvi:                          DriverDate 06/21/2006

dvi:                          DriverVersion=6.1.7600.16385

dvi:                          Class name=CDROM

dvi:                          Manufacturer=(Standard CD-ROM drives)

dvi:                          Matching DeviceID=gencdrom

dvi:                          Strong Name=cdrom.inf:cdrom_device.NTx86:cdrom_install:6.1.7600.16385:gencdrom

dvi:                     {Writing Device Properties - Complete}

inf:                     {Install Inf Section [cdrom_install.Services]}

inf:                          AddService=cdrom,0x00000002,cdrom_ServiceInstallSection,cdrom_EventLog_InstallSection  (cdrom.inf line 98)

inf:                          ServiceType=1  (cdrom.inf line 106)

inf:                          StartType=1  (cdrom.inf line 107)

inf:                          ErrorControl=1  (cdrom.inf line 108)

inf:                          ServiceBinary=C:Windowssystem32DRIVERScdrom.sys  (cdrom.inf line 109)

inf:                          DisplayName="CD-ROM Driver"  (cdrom.inf line 105)

inf:                          LoadOrderGroup="SCSI CDROM Class"  (cdrom.inf line 110)

dvi:                          Add Service: Modified existing service 'cdrom'.

inf:                          AddReg=autorun_addreg  (cdrom.inf line 111)

inf:                          AddReg=cdrom_EventLog_AddReg  (cdrom.inf line 114)

inf:                     {Install Inf Section [cdrom_install.Services] exit(0x00000000)}

dvi:                     Updated reflected section names for: cdrom.inf

dvi:                {Install DEVICE exit (0x00000000)}

dvi:                Writing common driver property settings.

dvi:                     DriverDescription=CD-ROM Drive

dvi:                     DeviceDisplayName=CD-ROM Drive

dvi:                Install Device: Restarting device. 08:19:53.947

ump:                Server install process exited with code 0x000005b4 08:24:53.354

<<<  Section end 2010/04/24 08:24:53.356

<<<  [Exit status: FAILURE(0x000005b4)]