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How can I change the label name that Windows Explorer displays for

a removable drive in Windows 2000 or later?

To change the description that appears for removable drives

when no media is present in the drive, perform the following steps:

1. Start a registry editor (e.g., regedit.exe).

2. Navigate to the

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer

registry subkey.

3. From the Edit menu, select New, Key, then enter the name

DriveIcons.

4. Select the new key; from the Edit menu, select New, Key; then

enter the drive name (e.g., B).

5. Select the created key; from the Edit menu, select New, Key;

then enter the name DefaultLabel.

6. Navigate to DefaultLabel, then double-click the (default) value.

7. Enter the text you want to appear for the drive, then click OK.

8. Close the registry editor.

9. Restart the computer for the change to take effect.

The figure at

http://www.windows2000faq.com/articles/index.cfm?articleid=39294 shows

a sample label for the B drive with and without media present in the

drive. Notice at the top of the figure that the B drive is labeled

ZIP250 Drive but the disk label changes to DATA when you insert a disk. The registry file that you

create for this example is

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\

B\DefaultIcon]

@="%systemroot%\\system32\\shell32.dll,189"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\

B\DefaultLabel]

@="ZIP250 Drive"

You can use this registry setting only on removable media drives. If

you attempt to change the label for a fixed drive (e.g., the C drive),

the new setting won't have any effect because the physical drive has a

volume label in the registry that overrides the disk-label setting.

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