Too many Drives!!

[Talal Itani]

I have many drives connected to my PC. Internal disk drives. External disk
drives. Flash drives. Is it possible to group drives with Windows
explorer, or assign different icons for different drive types? Because it
is hard for me see the drives and determine which is which. Thanks.

T.I.

 

[Bob I]

You mean "Show in Groups"? Click View, Arrange icons by....

 

[Rock]

I have many drives connected to my PC. Internal disk drives. External
disk drives. Flash drives. Is it possible to group drives with Windows
explorer, or assign different icons for different drive types? Because it
is hard for me see the drives and determine which is which. Thanks.

Assign descriptive labels to them.

 

[Ronaldo]

How to change a drive icon
http://www.cryer.co.uk/brian/windows/howtocadi.htm

Change Drive Name and Icon (All Windows)
http://www.pctools.com/guides/registry/detail/912/

To access the registry; Start\Run\type: "regedit" (no quotes) and Enter.
Here's how I've changed drive name and icons: For example if you want to
change the icon for a partition in which you keep media files, you could use
a CD icon and name it for example "Media files": to change the drive "F"
icon to a music CD icon and
name the drive "Media Files" ("119" is the Music CD icon in
%SystemRoot%\\system32\\shell32.dll) ("Mp3 Files" is the drive name, which
you can obviously name what you like).

Copy below the doted line to create a .reg file that can change the drive
"F" icon and name: (copy to a text file and save as .reg file) you can edit
the file to other drive letters and names, just change the letter to that
corresponding to the drive you want to make changes to and also change the
icon number 119 which is the Windows CD icon, to any other number which
represents an icon included in the shell32.dll file in a zero based index...
or you can use any icon you prefer, just locate the path and file where it
is contained. A fast way to find icons is through any shortcut... Do this;
right click on any shortcut based on the type or program\Properties\Shortcut
tab\change icon\Browse\select and open any file wich contains your preferred
icon, then copy the path and icon name on the default value information.
Nero.exe contains lots of cool icons which you can use for the Optical
drives.

To revert the change just delete the "DirveIcons" or the "F" keys.

This reg file is fully tested for drive "F".
........................................................
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Drive
Icons]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Drive
Icons\F]
@="(value not set)"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Drive
Icons\F\DefaultIcon]
@="%SystemRoot%\\system32\\shell32.dll,119"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Drive
Icons\F\DefaultLabel]
@="Media Files"
.......................................................
Only copy above this line.

 

[Ronaldo]

Forgot this: You have to erase any assigned name to a drive in the drive
properties before the name you asign in the registry default value takes
over. Or you could leave it and ignore creating the "DefaultLabel" registry
key.

 

[Talal Itani]

Forgot this: You have to erase any assigned name to a drive in the drive
properties before the name you asign in the registry default value takes
over. Or you could leave it and ignore creating the "DefaultLabel"
registry
key.

Thanks, but this is too complicated for me. I will keep the same old boring
confusing xp icons.

 

[Ronaldo]

It's really not complicated, give it some time you'll get the idea..
meantime do as Bob I recommends, also click on the title bars in My Computer
to get different views of the drives by category.

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