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Other Operating Systems => Windows 7 All => Windows 7 | Windows 9 => Fixes => Topic started by: javajolt on January 10, 2010, 10:29:43 PM
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An ISO image is an image of files that can be burnt to a CD. If you’ve just downloaded an ISO file, and be able to open the ISO file and edit its contents, before burning it off on a CD, here’s a quick guide telling you how you can open an ISO file.
First, you should know that there are quite a handful of programs that let you open ISO files, but I’m going to talk only about WinRAR here, because it’s a simple tool and just does the job intended.
◦Get your copy of WinRAR from this page (http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm (http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm)), double click on the setup file and the installation proceeds.
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◦During the setup process, WinRAR will ask you to set file associations, make sure that ISO is checked. Click ‘Done’ in the next window.
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◦Now, navigate to the folder where your ISO file is present. Notice that there’s a WinRAR icon indicating the ISO file.
◦Double click to open the ISO file.
◦WinRAR opens and the contents of the file are displayed.
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I often use winrar to just open the setup.exe file in Windows 7 .iso builds. After double clicking the setup file, winrar extracts the files necessary for installation to a temp folder and then proceeds with the normal installation you would see if you mounted the .iso or burned it to a disk... ;)