Author Topic: DONE: give a driveletter a name say E = DVD-writer (Read 81,204 times)

babybox · « **on:** November 27, 2005, 08:22 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

PhilKC · « **Reply #1 on:** November 27, 2005, 08:34 PM »

Sure, gimme 10 mins

babybox · « **Reply #2 on:** November 27, 2005, 08:35 PM »

Quote from: PhilKC on November 27, 2005, 08:34 PM

Sure, gimme 10 mins

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

mouser · « **Reply #3 on:** November 27, 2005, 08:42 PM »

can this even be done?

PhilKC · « **Reply #4 on:** November 27, 2005, 09:00 PM »

OK, 10 mins was a slight exegeration, but, i'm working on it now, shouldn't be long

babybox · « **Reply #5 on:** November 27, 2005, 09:03 PM »

well great

Carol Haynes · « **Reply #6 on:** November 27, 2005, 09:06 PM »

Quote from: mouser on November 27, 2005, 08:42 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)

PhilKC · « **Reply #7 on:** November 27, 2005, 09:58 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)

PhilKC · « **Reply #8 on:** November 27, 2005, 10:03 PM »

If you grabbed it before now, redownload!, I added a 'Reset' feature, so you can always return them to how they were

PhilKC · « **Reply #9 on:** November 27, 2005, 11:11 PM »

One (probably) final addition to the code so it didn't throw an exception... (ReDownload)

mouser · « **Reply #10 on:** November 28, 2005, 10:05 AM »

by the way here is the download for MS .NET2 runtimes:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0856eacb-4362-4b0d-8edd-aab15c5e04f5&DisplayLang=en

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

wr975 · « **Reply #11 on:** November 28, 2005, 01:42 PM »

Thanks for the nice tool... it doesn't work with virtual drives, but still useful! Thanks.

PhilKC · « **Reply #12 on:** November 28, 2005, 03:18 PM »

Quote from: wr975 on November 28, 2005, 01:42 PM

Thanks for the nice tool... it doesn't work with virtual drives, but still useful! Thanks.

It should... in the screenshot, G is an Alcohol 120% virtual drive... Try using the Reset button on the drive first, then set it...

wr975 · « **Reply #13 on:** November 28, 2005, 07:00 PM »

Oh, my bad... sorry. Of course it works. I didn't realize there was an image mounted, so Windows displayed the volume label...

LuckMan212 · « **Reply #14 on:** November 28, 2005, 08:23 PM »

wow hey this is a really cool idea!!
thanks guys!

PhilKC · « **Reply #15 on:** November 28, 2005, 11:10 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

nudone · « **Reply #16 on:** November 29, 2005, 07:22 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.

skywalka · « **Reply #17 on:** November 29, 2005, 08:31 PM »

That's cool.

Thanx.

ace_ventura2 · « **Reply #18 on:** February 18, 2009, 11:47 AM »

Quote from: PhilKC on November 27, 2005, 09:58 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)

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

wr975 · « **Reply #19 on:** March 09, 2009, 10:14 PM »

Here is a mirror (probably version 1.0)

http://www.xup.in/dl,19625624/Drive_Namer_(net2).exe

esvin · « **Reply #20 on:** September 07, 2011, 09:52 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.

spystyle · « **Reply #21 on:** July 23, 2015, 04:31 PM »

The links do not contain the program