medo64 / vhdattach

A small tool that allows for easy virtual disk attach/detach and auto-mount.

VHD Attach

This is small tool that adds Attach and Detach option to contextual (aka right-click) menu of the Virtual disk (vhd) files. That enables those operations to be done without trip to Disk Management console and allows for automatic disk attachment during sysstem startup.

Shortcut Keys

• F5 Refresh.
• F6 Attach.
• Ctrl+A Select all.
• Ctrl+C Copy.
• Ctrl+N New file.
• Ctrl+O Open file.
• Alt+A Show attach menu.
• Alt+D Detach.
• Alt+M Auto-mount.
• Alt+O Show open menu (recent files).

Command Line Parameters

[/attach|/detach] "disk.vhd"

Attaches (or detaches) virtual disk using file disk.vhd.

[/detachdrive] "X:"

Detaches virtual disk attached to drive letter.

vhdattach's Issues

disable online (update ?) check

where we can disable the internet connection after start ?

5 sec after start the app will connect to:
Remote Name: www.medo64.com

where we can disable this ?

NullReferenceException in Helper.cs

The following error happened on detach:

System.NullReferenceException
o  Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
     at VhdAttach.Helper.GetToolstripSizeAndSet(ToolStrip toolstrip, 
  Int32& size, String& set) in 
  Q:\Projects\Freeware\VhdAttach\Source\VhdAttach\Helper.cs:line 41
     at VhdAttach.Helper.UpdateToolstripImage(ToolStripItem item, 
  String name) in 
  Q:\Projects\Freeware\VhdAttach\Source\VhdAttach\Helper.cs:line 
  103
     at 
  VhdAttach.MainForm.bwCheckForUpgrade_RunWorkerCompleted(Object 
  sender, RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs e) in 
  Q:\Projects\Freeware\VhdAttach\Source\VhdAttach\MainForm.cs:line 
  1041
     at 
  System.ComponentModel.BackgroundWorker.OnRunWorkerCompleted(
  RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs e)

Cannot attach VHD on a net share

The application can load information about VHD on a net share, but it fails with Attach action, saying file not found. Diskpart can mount the VHD on net share, is this a bug? Thanks

Can not attach VHD with volume id as path root

Can not attach VHD with volume id as path root like: "\?\Volume{xxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx}\Path\path.vhd"

Auto-Attach from Command Line

Please consider adding a silent / script-able (command line) auto-attach option or if this is already including consider clarifying the behavior in the read-me.

Attach to path

• Attach to path
• and cmd support

<^_^>

Can't create new VHD on non-ReFS file systems

The 'RemoveIntegrityStream' method throws an InvalidOperationException when creating a VHD on a non-ReFS file system. The error message states 'Incorrect Function' which I think means the function isn't supported.

Uninstall doesn't restore context menu

If you install your program (tested versions 4.11 and 4.21) and then delete it, then the utilities "Simple VHD Manager" and "VHD For Context Menu" (Sordum - http://www.sordum.org/ ) do not want to add their commands to the context menu. In the "Send to" menu - they add, but they are not added in the file menu, although the opposite is displayed in their settings. However, if you return to the previous state of the system before installing the VHD Attach, everything works fine. Probably, VHD Attach leaves some mark on the system, blocking some functions of the Simple VHD Manager and the VHD For Context Menu.

Or these programs are incompatible. How can this be fixed?

Win7x32 SP1

Option to setup context menu again

If some other program takes over .vhd extensions, there is no way to restore it from GUI.