How to show only the short name of a mapped drive

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John Avitt

When I map a drive in Windows XP, in the folders pane of Windows Explorer, I
get a super-long description of the drive, which means I have to make the
Folders pane extra-extra wide to see the actual drive letter at the end of
the string.

For example, in Windows 2000 and earlier I see:
ShareName on 'SERVERNAME' (G:)

On Windows XP, the same share becomes:
ShareName on 'Server Description of remote machine (SERVERNAME)' (G:)

How can I stop Windows XP from generating these extra-long names, and
instead go back to the old way?
 
When I map a drive in Windows XP, in the folders pane of Windows Explorer, I
get a super-long description of the drive, which means I have to make the
Folders pane extra-extra wide to see the actual drive letter at the end of
the string.

For example, in Windows 2000 and earlier I see:
ShareName on 'SERVERNAME' (G:)

On Windows XP, the same share becomes:
ShareName on 'Server Description of remote machine (SERVERNAME)' (G:)

How can I stop Windows XP from generating these extra-long names, and
instead go back to the old way?
Click to expand...

John,

From the computer in question (SERVERNAME), Control Panel - System - Computer
Name should give you the ability to edit the Description.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
 
John said:
When I map a drive in Windows XP, in the folders pane of Windows Explorer, I
get a super-long description of the drive, which means I have to make the
Folders pane extra-extra wide to see the actual drive letter at the end of
the string.

For example, in Windows 2000 and earlier I see:
ShareName on 'SERVERNAME' (G:)

On Windows XP, the same share becomes:
ShareName on 'Server Description of remote machine (SERVERNAME)' (G:)

How can I stop Windows XP from generating these extra-long names, and
instead go back to the old way?
Click to expand...

Right click on the mapped drive and rename it, just like a folder or file.

Steve
 
Chuck,

Thank you for the reply.

I know where the server description comes from. Even if had permission to
change that description, I would not want to.

I also know that I can rename the mapped drive, just like a folder or file.
But I should not have to. I just want Windows XP to default to the old
behavior, which required no intervention on my behalf.

Thanks again.

John

 
Chuck,

Thank you for the reply.

I know that I can rename the mapped drive, just like a folder or file.

What I want to know is how to make Windows XP default to the old behavior,
which did not require any action on my part.

Thanks again.

John
 
I understand. I don't blame you. There are MANY default behaviours in XP
I would change if I could. Good luck on finding that, it's probably
buried halfway to China like everything else in XP is.

Steve
 
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