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Old 07-09-2007   #3 (permalink)
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Re: Rename Drive Label/Change Drive Icon

You probably bought your PC new with Home Premium, and he manufacturer
customized it. My PC came with Media Center 2005, and I did a clean install
of Vista Ultimate.

"Dave" wrote:

> My Vista Home Premium shows my 4 card drives like that. I don't remember
> doing anything to make it do it, and I didn't install any program.
>
>
> "GQ" <GQ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news6BB80EF-59DC-4BE4-8660-F8DA1E80D8F6@microsoft.com...
> >I have a HP Media Center Computer with one of those 13-in-1 digital media
> > card readers. Right now, my drives read G: H: I: and J: Instead, I'd
> > like
> > them to say 'Compact Flash' 'Secure Digital/MMC' 'Memory Stick Pro' etc.
> > I
> > would also like to change the icon to show which type of card is read by
> > each
> > drive. This would be a major convenience when I am transferring
> > photos/files
> > to and from storage cards. I was able to do all of these things in
> > Windows
> > XP using an application called 'PHM Plus.' I am currently running Windows
> > Vista Ultimate, and this application does not work. Does anyone know of
> > an
> > application or perhaps a registry tweak which will do what I need? (Rename
> > and change icons of drive labels)
> >
> > Thanks

>

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