Drive name appears before drive letter

Okay this may seem to be a simple question but I can't find anything on it
anywhere. In windows explorer for each drive I get a drive icon, then a name
such as HP Pavilion, then the drive letter in parenthesis (C). Before I had
the drive icon, then the drive letter then the name, I think - all I remember
for sure is that the drive name came last. And now for some reason when I
put a disk in the CD or DVD drives the volume name becomes truncated to no
more than 15 letters, it used to go whatever length I had named it. The only
updates I've done are the latest from Microsoft update. Don't know if that
affected it or not since I didn't pay that close attention to when the naming
thing started, I just slap in a DVD and play it. Oh yeah, I did do one other
update recently it was from HP to update to Sonic's Record Now version 7.
Also every system restore I've tried fails just says it was unable to
complete the restore. Any help appreciated. I have SP2 installed and have
had since it came out with no problems.

I don't know how to do this without tweakui, but with it it's easy. The
switch is under My Computer/Drive Letters.

Get tweakui at
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/...ppowertoys.mspx
and that'll do ya.

I'd be glad to learn a non-tweakui, non-regedit route to this.

hth,
Jim

Show Drive Letters First

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Explorer
Value Name: ShowDriveLettersFirst
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data:
0 = Default display - drive letters after description
1 = Network drive letters first, Local drive letters after
2 = Descriptions only, no drive letters displayed
4 = Drive letters before description for all drives

From these and other sources...

Show the Drive Letters first
http://www.totalxp.com/drivelettersfirst.htm

How to show drive letters first in My Computer
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/showdrivelettersfirst.htm
-----

TweakUI
[+] My Computer
Drive letters

Drive letters
[[This allows specifying how the letters are displayed in “My Computer”.
The options are:

• Show all drive letters after the label
• Show all drive letters before the label
• Show network drive letters before the label and show local drive letters
after the label
• Never show drive letters ]]

However, TweakUI's option order is messed up...
From Keith Miller Mar 17 2004
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...73b204671b52a97

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:C1C564FA-F211-49F7-826F-3BE09D64B447@microsoft.com,
Randy1701 <Randy1701@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> Okay this may seem to be a simple question but I can't find anything on it
> anywhere. In windows explorer for each drive I get a drive icon, then a
> name such as HP Pavilion, then the drive letter in parenthesis (C).
> Before I had the drive icon, then the drive letter then the name, I think
> - all I remember for sure is that the drive name came last. And now for
> some reason when I put a disk in the CD or DVD drives the volume name
> becomes truncated to no more than 15 letters, it used to go whatever
> length I had named it. The only updates I've done are the latest from
> Microsoft update. Don't know if that affected it or not since I didn't
> pay that close attention to when the naming thing started, I just slap in
> a DVD and play it. Oh yeah, I did do one other update recently it was
> from HP to update to Sonic's Record Now version 7. Also every system
> restore I've tried fails just says it was unable to complete the restore.
> Any help appreciated. I have SP2 installed and have had since it came
> out with no problems.

Thanks to both Wes & Jim. I should have known since I used TweakUI with 98,
just never really checked it out for XP. And I see what you mean about the
order being messed up. I had to use the "never show drive letters" option to
get what I wanted. I'll probably have more questions because I still don't
know why I can't get longer volume labels, actually why can't I burn a DVD
with longer volume labels. Anyhow good to know how to make the changes in
the registry so I don't have to depend on TweakUI. Like I tell my brother
when he asks "how do you do that?" - there's at least 3 ways to accomplish
anything in Windows.

"Wesley Vogel" wrote:

> Show Drive Letters First
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
> CurrentVersion\Explorer
> Value Name: ShowDriveLettersFirst
> Data Type: REG_DWORD
> Value Data:
> 0 = Default display - drive letters after description
> 1 = Network drive letters first, Local drive letters after
> 2 = Descriptions only, no drive letters displayed
> 4 = Drive letters before description for all drives
>
> From these and other sources...
>
> Show the Drive Letters first
> http://www.totalxp.com/drivelettersfirst.htm
>
> How to show drive letters first in My Computer
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/showdrivelettersfirst.htm
> -----
>
> TweakUI
> [+] My Computer
> Drive letters
>
> Drive letters
> [[This allows specifying how the letters are displayed in “My Computer”.
> The options are:
>
> • Show all drive letters after the label
> • Show all drive letters before the label
> • Show network drive letters before the label and show local drive letters
> after the label
> • Never show drive letters ]]
>
> However, TweakUI's option order is messed up...
> From Keith Miller Mar 17 2004
> http://groups.google.com/group/micr...73b204671b52a97
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> In news:C1C564FA-F211-49F7-826F-3BE09D64B447@microsoft.com,
> Randy1701 <Randy1701@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> > Okay this may seem to be a simple question but I can't find anything on it
> > anywhere. In windows explorer for each drive I get a drive icon, then a
> > name such as HP Pavilion, then the drive letter in parenthesis (C).
> > Before I had the drive icon, then the drive letter then the name, I think
> > - all I remember for sure is that the drive name came last. And now for
> > some reason when I put a disk in the CD or DVD drives the volume name
> > becomes truncated to no more than 15 letters, it used to go whatever
> > length I had named it. The only updates I've done are the latest from
> > Microsoft update. Don't know if that affected it or not since I didn't
> > pay that close attention to when the naming thing started, I just slap in
> > a DVD and play it. Oh yeah, I did do one other update recently it was
> > from HP to update to Sonic's Record Now version 7. Also every system
> > restore I've tried fails just says it was unable to complete the restore.
> > Any help appreciated. I have SP2 installed and have had since it came
> > out with no problems.
>
>

Tue, 07 Mar 2006 14:25:45 -0800 from Jim Hill
<jthill_msn@hotmail.com>:
> I don't know how to do this without tweakui, but with it it's easy. The
> switch is under My Computer/Drive Letters.

Unfortunately, that's not effective. This is a per-user setting, but
(as it often does) TweakUI doesn't present it unless you're an
administrative user.

So you can _set_ it as an admin user, but it won't propagate to
limited users. And you can't set it as a limited user.

> I'd be glad to learn a non-tweakui, non-regedit route to this.

Indeed yes, since that would seem to be the _only_ route.

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/

Tue, 7 Mar 2006 17:45:41 -0700 from Wesley Vogel <123WVogel955
@comcast.net>:
> How to show drive letters first in My Computer
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/showdrivelettersfirst.htm

Thanks! This did the trick.

You have to log out and log in for it to become effective, but it's
not necessary to reboot.

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/

I always thought that my Cd burning software was designed for DOS, it has
the 8.3 name limitation. ;-)

Have a look at this...
About File Systems and File Names
http://www.roxio.com/en/support/cdr/filesystems.html

> Like I tell my brother when he asks "how do you do that?" -
> there's at least 3 ways to accomplish anything in Windows.

LOL

Some good info here...

Tweak UI for Windows XP Guide
http://www.winxpsolution.com/Tweakuixppro.aspx

TweakUI for Windows XP - Tips
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/twktips.htm

TweakUI PowerTips
http://weblogs.asp.net/jkey/archive...8/01/22303.aspx

TweakUI Registry Settings here...

Microsoft® Windows® XP Registry Guide
Chapter 5: Mapping Tweak UI
http://www.microsoft.com/mspress/bo...mpchap/6232.asp

All of Ch 5 is included!!

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:9FFE1A0F-CACF-43A5-A8C2-E3E22FF05CA7@microsoft.com,
Randy1701 <Randy1701@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> Thanks to both Wes & Jim. I should have known since I used TweakUI with
> 98, just never really checked it out for XP. And I see what you mean
> about the order being messed up. I had to use the "never show drive
> letters" option to get what I wanted. I'll probably have more questions
> because I still don't know why I can't get longer volume labels, actually
> why can't I burn a DVD with longer volume labels. Anyhow good to know
> how to make the changes in the registry so I don't have to depend on
> TweakUI. Like I tell my brother when he asks "how do you do that?" -
> there's at least 3 ways to accomplish anything in Windows.
>
> "Wesley Vogel" wrote:
>
>> Show Drive Letters First
>>
>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
>> CurrentVersion\Explorer
>> Value Name: ShowDriveLettersFirst
>> Data Type: REG_DWORD
>> Value Data:
>> 0 = Default display - drive letters after description
>> 1 = Network drive letters first, Local drive letters after
>> 2 = Descriptions only, no drive letters displayed
>> 4 = Drive letters before description for all drives
>>
>> From these and other sources...
>>
>> Show the Drive Letters first
>> http://www.totalxp.com/drivelettersfirst.htm
>>
>> How to show drive letters first in My Computer
>> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/showdrivelettersfirst.htm
>> -----
>>
>> TweakUI
>> [+] My Computer
>> Drive letters
>>
>> Drive letters
>> [[This allows specifying how the letters are displayed in “My
>> Computer”. The options are:
>>
>> • Show all drive letters after the label
>> • Show all drive letters before the label
>> • Show network drive letters before the label and show local drive
>> letters after the label
>> • Never show drive letters ]]
>>
>> However, TweakUI's option order is messed up...
>> From Keith Miller Mar 17 2004
>>
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...73b204671b52a97
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>
>> Wes
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> In news:C1C564FA-F211-49F7-826F-3BE09D64B447@microsoft.com,
>> Randy1701 <Randy1701@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
>>> Okay this may seem to be a simple question but I can't find anything on
>>> it anywhere. In windows explorer for each drive I get a drive icon,
>>> then a name such as HP Pavilion, then the drive letter in parenthesis
>>> (C). Before I had the drive icon, then the drive letter then the name,
>>> I think - all I remember for sure is that the drive name came last.
>>> And now for some reason when I put a disk in the CD or DVD drives the
>>> volume name becomes truncated to no more than 15 letters, it used to go
>>> whatever length I had named it. The only updates I've done are the
>>> latest from Microsoft update. Don't know if that affected it or not
>>> since I didn't pay that close attention to when the naming thing
>>> started, I just slap in a DVD and play it. Oh yeah, I did do one other
>>> update recently it was from HP to update to Sonic's Record Now version
>>> 7. Also every system restore I've tried fails just says it was unable
>>> to complete the restore. Any help appreciated. I have SP2 installed
>>> and have had since it came out with no problems.

Stan Brown wrote:
> TweakUI doesn't present it unless you're an administrative user
> [...] it won't propagate to limited users. And you can't set it
> as a limited user.

Thanks to you both,
Jim

Hi Stan,

Ramesh comes through again. ;-)

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:MPG.1e781b4ff46707de98a1dc@news.individual.net,
Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> hunted and pecked:
> Tue, 7 Mar 2006 17:45:41 -0700 from Wesley Vogel <123WVogel955
> @comcast.net>:
>> How to show drive letters first in My Computer
>> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/showdrivelettersfirst.htm
>
> Thanks! This did the trick.
>
> You have to log out and log in for it to become effective, but it's
> not necessary to reboot.
>
> --
> Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
> http://OakRoadSystems.com/

Wed, 8 Mar 2006 09:31:44 -0700 from Wesley Vogel <123WVogel955
@comcast.net>:
> Hi Stan,
>
> Ramesh comes through again. ;-)

Absolutely! It's a great resource:

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/index.html

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/