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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). |
| HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer |
| 3. From the Edit menu, select New, Key, then enter the name |
| 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. |
| 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\ |
| [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\ |
| @="%systemroot%\\system32\\shell32.dll,189" |
| [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\ |
| 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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