I have a drive that is showing up twice when I use Windows Explorer.
It has two different drive letters: F: and W: In Device Manager it
shows up only once, as W:.

I want it to be W:. I don't want it to show up twice in Explorer.

How can I fix this?


Lady Dungeness
Crabby, but Great Legs!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> I have a drive that is showing up twice when I use Windows Explorer.
> It has two different drive letters: F: and W: In Device Manager it
> shows up only once, as W:.
>
> I want it to be W:. I don't want it to show up twice in Explorer.
>
> How can I fix this?

First discover what type of drive letter we deal with:
http://www.uwe-sieber.de/files/listdosdevices.zip

It shows all used drive letters and their 'DOS device name'.

Then we see if the letter points to a real, a subst, a network
or a different type of drive.


Greetings from Germany

Uwe

When in Windows Explorer and you right click the W drive and then click
"properties"
does the resulting displayed information show the W drive to be a networked
drive???
peter
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have a drive that is showing up twice when I use Windows Explorer.
> It has two different drive letters: F: and W: In Device Manager it
> shows up only once, as W:.
>
> I want it to be W:. I don't want it to show up twice in Explorer.
>
> How can I fix this?
>
>
> Lady Dungeness
> Crabby, but Great Legs!
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Wouldn't she be checking to see if F: is a networked drive? Since device
manager actually shows the W drive and not the F drive, I'm assuming that W
would be the actual installed drive and F being a networked drive.

"peter" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> When in Windows Explorer and you right click the W drive and then click
> "properties"
> does the resulting displayed information show the W drive to be a
> networked drive???
> peter
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>I have a drive that is showing up twice when I use Windows Explorer.
>> It has two different drive letters: F: and W: In Device Manager it
>> shows up only once, as W:.
>>
>> I want it to be W:. I don't want it to show up twice in Explorer.
>>
>> How can I fix this?
>>
>>
>> Lady Dungeness
>> Crabby, but Great Legs!
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>

Your right..........thinking of my machine,I set up networked drives from Z
on up
peter
"kenkcj" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:eKJMM%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Wouldn't she be checking to see if F: is a networked drive? Since device
> manager actually shows the W drive and not the F drive, I'm assuming that
> W would be the actual installed drive and F being a networked drive.
>
> "peter" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> When in Windows Explorer and you right click the W drive and then click
>> "properties"
>> does the resulting displayed information show the W drive to be a
>> networked drive???
>> peter
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>I have a drive that is showing up twice when I use Windows Explorer.
>>> It has two different drive letters: F: and W: In Device Manager it
>>> shows up only once, as W:.
>>>
>>> I want it to be W:. I don't want it to show up twice in Explorer.
>>>
>>> How can I fix this?
>>>
>>>
>>> Lady Dungeness
>>> Crabby, but Great Legs!
>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>
>

Here's what I've got:
Internal Hard Drive #1 (boot drive): Drives C:, D:, L:.
Internal Hard Drive #2: Drive M:
Internal DVD/CD Drive #1: Drive N:
Internal DVD/CD Drive #2: Drive S:
Internal Floppy Drive: Drive A:
External USB Drive: Drives W:, R:, T:

In Explorer, I right-click > properties for W: -- It is a LOCAL DRIVE.
(I don't see "network" anywhere). W: is the first partition on the
USB External; R: and T: are logical partitions. I don't have a
network set up; this is a stand-alone desktop computer.

Again, I want to get rid of the errant F:-Drive references that show
up in my dialog boxes.

Thank you guys for helping! :-)


Lady Dungeness
Crabby, but Great Legs!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~




On Wed, 08 Aug 2007 21:52:53 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:

|I have a drive that is showing up twice when I use Windows Explorer.
|It has two different drive letters: F: and W: In Device Manager it
|shows up only once, as W:.
|
|I want it to be W:. I don't want it to show up twice in Explorer.
|
|How can I fix this?
|
|
|Lady Dungeness
|Crabby, but Great Legs!
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~