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Old 09-19-2006   #1 (permalink)
Paul Adams


 
 

Drive letter before description in Explorer

Anyone know how to display the drive letter before the description in
Explorer?

I tried the XP method of setting ShowDriveLettersFirst to 4
(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer), but
that didn't work.

Am I missing something?

Paul


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Old 05-24-2007   #2 (permalink)


 
 

They moved it in Vista to here:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Advanced\Folder\ShowDriveLetters

Assuming you have "Show Drive Letters" checked in Folder Options, change CheckedValue to 4.

Worked instantly on my install.
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