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Author Topic: DONE: give a driveletter a name say E = DVD-writer  (Read 71777 times)

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DONE: give a driveletter a name say E = DVD-writer
« on: November 27, 2005, 02:22 PM »
Hi i want a programme so i can give my dvd-writers a name

now my dvd-writer of sony has driveletter E and my NEC dvd-writer has driveletter F

i want to name them like say E sony dvd writer and F NEC dvd writer

the only thing you can do is thange the driveletter

thanks :D
« Last Edit: March 31, 2006, 08:23 AM by brotherS »

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Re: idea: give a driveltter a name say E DVD-writer
« Reply #1 on: November 27, 2005, 02:34 PM »
Sure, gimme 10 mins :)
It's not a bug, it's an undocumented and unexplainable feature.
Stick it on your site:

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Re: idea: give a driveltter a name say E DVD-writer
« Reply #2 on: November 27, 2005, 02:35 PM »
Sure, gimme 10 mins :)

if you are serious it's great if not why tell lies?

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Re: idea: give a driveltter a name say E DVD-writer
« Reply #3 on: November 27, 2005, 02:42 PM »
can this even be done?

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Re: idea: give a driveltter a name say E DVD-writer
« Reply #4 on: November 27, 2005, 03:00 PM »
OK, 10 mins was a slight exegeration, but, i'm working on it now, shouldn't be long :)
It's not a bug, it's an undocumented and unexplainable feature.
Stick it on your site:

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Re: idea: give a driveltter a name say E DVD-writer
« Reply #5 on: November 27, 2005, 03:03 PM »
well great :Thmbsup:

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Re: idea: give a driveltter a name say E DVD-writer
« Reply #6 on: November 27, 2005, 03:06 PM »
can this even be done?

Yes but it is a bit flaky - there are some registry settings to do this - I have a multicard reader the shows up with the drive card types as names (even when there are no cards loaded) such as E:(CF card)

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Re: idea: give a driveltter a name say E DVD-writer
« Reply #7 on: November 27, 2005, 03:58 PM »
Done!
http://tanyvska.co.uk/DC  ('Till I get my space here sorted out :))
Yours is the 'Drive Name.exe and .jpg'
You will need the latest .NET 2 framework (Use windows update if you don't already)
It's not a bug, it's an undocumented and unexplainable feature.
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Re: idea: give a driveltter a name say E DVD-writer
« Reply #8 on: November 27, 2005, 04:03 PM »
If you grabbed it before now, redownload!, I added a 'Reset' feature, so you can always return them to how they were :)
It's not a bug, it's an undocumented and unexplainable feature.
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Re: idea: give a driveltter a name say E DVD-writer
« Reply #9 on: November 27, 2005, 05:11 PM »
One (probably) final addition to the code so it didn't throw an exception... (ReDownload)
It's not a bug, it's an undocumented and unexplainable feature.
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Re: idea: give a driveltter a name say E DVD-writer
« Reply #10 on: November 28, 2005, 04:05 AM »
by the way here is the download for MS .NET2 runtimes:
http://www.microsoft...5&DisplayLang=en

these could be useful for other programs so definitely worth installing.

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Re: idea: give a driveltter a name say E DVD-writer
« Reply #11 on: November 28, 2005, 07:42 AM »
Thanks for the nice tool... it doesn't work with virtual drives, but still useful! Thanks.  :Thmbsup:

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Re: idea: give a driveltter a name say E DVD-writer
« Reply #12 on: November 28, 2005, 09:18 AM »
Thanks for the nice tool... it doesn't work with virtual drives, but still useful! Thanks.  :Thmbsup:

It should... in the screenshot, G is an Alcohol 120% virtual drive... Try using the Reset button on the drive first, then set it...
It's not a bug, it's an undocumented and unexplainable feature.
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Re: idea: give a driveltter a name say E DVD-writer
« Reply #13 on: November 28, 2005, 01:00 PM »
Oh, my bad... sorry.  Of course it works. I didn't realize there was an image mounted, so Windows displayed the volume label... ;)

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Re: idea: give a driveltter a name say E DVD-writer
« Reply #14 on: November 28, 2005, 02:23 PM »
wow hey this is a really cool idea!!
thanks guys!  ;D

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Re: idea: give a driveltter a name say E DVD-writer
« Reply #15 on: November 28, 2005, 05:10 PM »
Just updated it, now 1.1, when you change the letter, it shows the current value in the Input box, along with one or two 'under the bonnet' changes ;)

PhilKC
It's not a bug, it's an undocumented and unexplainable feature.
Stick it on your site:

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Re: idea: give a driveltter a name say E DVD-writer
« Reply #16 on: November 29, 2005, 01:22 PM »
briliant idea and brilliant (and swift) execution.

this sort of thing just makes me wonder why it isn't part of the operating system already. seems like an obvious thing to want after you've seen it done.


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Re: idea: give a driveltter a name say E DVD-writer
« Reply #17 on: November 29, 2005, 02:31 PM »
That's cool.

Thanx.

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Re: DONE: give a driveletter a name say E = DVD-writer
« Reply #18 on: February 18, 2009, 05:47 AM »
Done!
http://tanyvska.co.uk/DC  ('Till I get my space here sorted out :))
Yours is the 'Drive Name.exe and .jpg'
You will need the latest .NET 2 framework (Use windows update if you don't already)

Hi dude
I know its been a very long time since U posted this....and no wonder the files are now missing.....would it be possible for U to reupload the same.....thanks a million
 :)

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Re: DONE: give a driveletter a name say E = DVD-writer
« Reply #19 on: March 09, 2009, 05:14 PM »
Here is a mirror (probably version 1.0)

http://www.xup.in/dl...ive_Namer_(net2).exe

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Re: DONE: give a driveletter a name say E = DVD-writer
« Reply #20 on: September 07, 2011, 04:52 AM »
This looks little tricky. But let me check whether it can be done or not. It is a challenge now.  I love to experiment  such things I have tried some on my .  I think it will take time because I am going to work on such issue first time. Let us see what happens. If anyone found the solution, please post the full details, not only the solution. So that I can try something else with the help of this solution. I have something new in mind.
« Last Edit: October 02, 2011, 02:52 AM by esvin »

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Re: DONE: give a driveletter a name say E = DVD-writer
« Reply #21 on: July 23, 2015, 11:31 AM »
The links do not contain the program :(