registry setting for 1st drive letter?

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tony

Hi All,

Is there a registry setting I can make that will set
what the first drive letter will be on when I plug in
various and numerous USB style removable media
devices?

Many thanks,
--Tony
 
Hava a look at the post with the subject "How to set the
first USB drive letter", posted in this newsgroup only
two hours ago . . .
 
I am looking for a universal registry setting that will accomplish
this.
Not a one at a time change in disk management, which, by the
way, I already know how to do.

The person who replied to the prior posting, although good hearted,
did not read the poster's question very carefully. Nor, did the one
who replied to this one.
 
Not to my knowledge. Drive letter assignment goes back many years and
follows strict parameters. They are unalterable until "after" the fact, at
which time they may be changed (with the exception of the drive/volume where
the operating system resides).

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
tony said:
I am looking for a universal registry setting that will accomplish
this.
Not a one at a time change in disk management, which, by the
way, I already know how to do.

The person who replied to the prior posting, although good hearted,
did not read the poster's question very carefully. Nor, did the one
who replied to this one.
Click to expand...

Guilty as charged: I did not realise that it was you who
started two separate threads within two hours on much
the same subject. One wonders why.

As R. McCarty implied, Windows will assign the first free
drive letter to a new USB mass storage device, or use the
previously assigned drive letter if it is a known USB device.
"First" means the first letter after the physical drives. If you
want it to be something else then you need to use a third-party
tool such as usbdlm (http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbdlm_e.html).
 
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