drive letters before and after label

[Bad Beagle]

Does anyone know the registry key to "show all drive letters before the
label" in my computer?

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

TweakUI v2.00 for Windows XP
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

TweakUI v2.10 for Windows XP SP1 and above:
http://download.microsoft.com/downl...a6-b352-839afb2a2679/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

Tweak UI offers this function, but it is mis-mapped. Posted earlier by Keith Miller:

<quote>
For the TweakUI portion of your dilemma, the labels for the options are
incorrect. The associated registry value is under:


"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer"and is a value
named "ShowDriveLettersFirst". Possible values are:

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

In TweakUI, the four options displayed are not associated with their
correct values. The first option is a match, but for "Show all drive
letters before", tweakUI is setting the value to 2 rather than 4; for
"Network before/Local after", the value is being set to 2 rather than 1;
and for "Never show", the value is being set to 4 rather than 2. To
summarize (assuming options are numbered 1 thru 4):

If you want
Option# Select:
1 1
2 4
3 2
4 3

Keith

</quote>


--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


Does anyone know the registry key to "show all drive letters before the
label" in my computer?

 

[Allen M]

Don't need a registry fix. Just simply right click on the drive and select
"rename".

 

[Karl]

Thanks for the info about tweak being "wrong". I wondered why it didn't
work. I did the registry change and now it works!


TweakUI v2.00 for Windows XP
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

TweakUI v2.10 for Windows XP SP1 and above:
http://download.microsoft.com/downl...a6-b352-839afb2a2679/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

Tweak UI offers this function, but it is mis-mapped. Posted earlier by Keith
Miller:

<quote>
For the TweakUI portion of your dilemma, the labels for the options are
incorrect. The associated registry value is under:


"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer"and is a value
named "ShowDriveLettersFirst". Possible values are:

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

In TweakUI, the four options displayed are not associated with their
correct values. The first option is a match, but for "Show all drive
letters before", tweakUI is setting the value to 2 rather than 4; for
"Network before/Local after", the value is being set to 2 rather than 1;
and for "Never show", the value is being set to 4 rather than 2. To
summarize (assuming options are numbered 1 thru 4):

If you want
Option# Select:
1 1
2 4
3 2
4 3

Keith

</quote>


--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


Does anyone know the registry key to "show all drive letters before the
label" in my computer?

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Thanks for the feedback Karl.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


Thanks for the info about tweak being "wrong". I wondered why it didn't
work. I did the registry change and now it works!


TweakUI v2.00 for Windows XP
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

TweakUI v2.10 for Windows XP SP1 and above:
http://download.microsoft.com/downl...a6-b352-839afb2a2679/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

Tweak UI offers this function, but it is mis-mapped. Posted earlier by Keith
Miller:

<quote>
For the TweakUI portion of your dilemma, the labels for the options are
incorrect. The associated registry value is under:


"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer"and is a value
named "ShowDriveLettersFirst". Possible values are:

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

In TweakUI, the four options displayed are not associated with their
correct values. The first option is a match, but for "Show all drive
letters before", tweakUI is setting the value to 2 rather than 4; for
"Network before/Local after", the value is being set to 2 rather than 1;
and for "Never show", the value is being set to 4 rather than 2. To
summarize (assuming options are numbered 1 thru 4):

If you want
Option# Select:
1 1
2 4
3 2
4 3

Keith

</quote>


--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


Does anyone know the registry key to "show all drive letters before the
label" in my computer?