"Microsoft CD-ROM Extensions" redirects here. For Microsoft's extension to the ISO 9660 format, see Joliet (file system).
MSCDEX
MSCDEX as seen from a Windows 98 installation CD
Developer(s)
Microsoft
Initial release
1986, 37–38 years ago
Stable release
2.25
/ 1995; 29 years ago (1995)
Operating system
DOS, Windows
Platform
x86
Type
Command
License
Proprietary commercial software
MSCDEX or Microsoft CD-ROM Extensions is a software program produced by Microsoft and included with MS-DOS 6.x[1] and certain versions of Windows to provide CD-ROM support.[2] Earlier versions of MSCDEX since 1986 were installable add-ons for MS-DOS 3.1 and higher.[3][4]
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MSCDEX or Microsoft CD-ROM Extensions is a software program produced by Microsoft and included with MS-DOS 6.x and certain versions of Windows to provide...
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"hidden C:" ROM drive in which a minimum MS-DOS system, CD-ROM driver and MSCDEX.EXE are installed. This minimal DOS system runs first, and the DOS system...
supported since Windows XP. MS-DOS and Windows 9x via extensions, such as MSCDEX.EXE (Microsoft CDROM Extension), natively in Windows NT 3.5 Universal Disk...
to support networking but was later used to support CD-ROM drives with MSCDEX. IBM PC DOS 4.0 also had preliminary installable file system (IFS) support...
International Conference on CD-ROM, Microsoft introduced version 2.0 of the MSCDEX CD ROM Extensions, adding support for the ISO 9660 standard. May Digital...
statements, in AUTOEXEC.BAT or later, i.e. additional optical disc drives (MSCDEX etc.), PCMCIA / PC Card drives, USB or Firewire drives, or network drives...
HELP IF KEYB LABEL LFNFOR LOADHIGH MD MEM MINICMD.COM MKDIR MODE MORE MOVE MSCDEX NED PATH PAUSE POWER PRINT PROMPT PROTO RD REM REMDISK REMQUIT REMSERV REN...
drive letter access MOUSE.EXE - support for mouse devices in DOS programs MSCDEX.EXE - support for CDROM drive access and drive letter, used in combination...
everything else into the UMA. Conventional memory glutton programs such as MSCDEX could also be loaded into the UMA in a similar fashion, hence freeing up...
an API extension to the DOS redirector interface as used by Microsoft's MSCDEX and similar drivers Check Stub Data Exchange, a standard format (API PUBL...
in COMMAND.COM 2Fh Multiplex 3.0+ Implemented in DOS kernel and various programs (PRINT, MSCDEX, DOSKEY, APPEND, etc.) depending on subfunction number...
provided cloaked versions of Logitech's MOUSE 6.33 driver, Microsoft's MSCDEX, and a home-grown disk cache to replace Microsoft's SmartDrive drivers....
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