Windows 7: Drive Letters - Show Before or After Name in Computer
Drive Letters - Show Before or After Name in Computer How to Show Windows "Computer" Drive Letters Before or After Drive Name
Published 31 Jan 2009
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How to Show Windows "Computer" Drive Letters Before or After Drive Name
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This will show you how to have the drive letters in the Computer (My Computer) window show before or after the drive name in Vista and Windows 7 .
Note
Special thanks to our member
Ustahl for pointing this out
here .
EXAMPLE: Drive Letters Before and After Drive Name in Computer OPTION ONE
Using a REG File Download
1. To Show all Drive Letters After the Drive Name for All Users A) Click on the Download button below to download the file below. NOTE: This is the default setting . This will override steps 2 and 3. Show_Drive_Letters_After_All_Users.reg B) Go to step 4. 2. To Show all Drive Letters Before the Drive Name for All Users NOTE: This will override steps 1 and 3. A) Click on the Download button below to download the file below.Show_Drive_Letters_Before_All_Users.reg B) Go to step 4. 3. Show all Drive Letters Before Drive Name for Only Current User (you) NOTE: This step will be overridden by step 1 or 2 above. A) Click on the Download button below to download the file below.Show_Drive_Letters_Before_Current_User.reg 4. Click on Save , and save the .reg file to the desktop . 5. Right click on the downloaded .reg file and click on Merge . 6. Click on Run , Yes , Yes , and OK when prompted. 7. Log off and log on, or restart the computer to apply. 8. When done, you can delete the downloaded .reg file if you like. OPTION TWO
Manually in Registry Editor
1. Open the Start Menu, then type regedit in the search box and press Enter . (see screensshot below) 2. If prompted by UAC, click on Yes in the UAC prompt. 3. For Only Current User (you) A) In regedit, navigate to the locations below. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer B) Do either step 5 or 6 for what you wanted to do. 4. For All Users on the Computer A) In regedit, navigate to the locations below. (see screenshot below)HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer B) Do either step 5 or 6 for what you wanted to do. 5. To Show the Drive Letters Before the Drive Name A) In the right pane, right click on a empty area and click on New and DWORD (32-bit) Value . (see screenshot above)
B) Type ShowDriveLettersFirst and press Enter . (see screenshot below) C) Right click on the ShowDriveLettersFirst and click on Modify . (see Screenshot above)
D) Type the number below for what you want, and click on OK . (see screenshot below) Note
1 = Drive letters displayed first for remote drives only. 4 = Drive letters displayed first for all drives. E) The registry will now look like this. (see screenshot below) F) This step depends on if you did step 3 or step 4 above.If you did step 3 , then be sure to also do step 6 at the step 4 location. If you did step 4 , then be sure to also do step 6 at the step 3 location. G) Go to step 7. 6. To Show all Drive Letters After the Drive Name NOTE: This is the default setting .A) Right click on the ShowDriveLettersFirst (if available) and click on Delete . (see screenshot above)
B) Click on Yes to confirm deletion. (see screenshot below) C) This step depends on if you did step 3 or step 4 above.If you did step 3 , then be sure to also do this at the step 4 location. 7. Close Regedit. 8. Log off and log on, or restart the computer to apply. That's it,
Shawn
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01 Feb 2009
#2
Vista Ult 64 bit Seven Ult RTM x64
Maine, USA
My System Specs
System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell XPS420 OS Vista Ult 64 bit Seven Ult RTM x64 CPU Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 2.40 gigahertz Memory Crucial Ballistix 4x2GB PC2 6400 Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS 256 MB Sound Card Creative SB X-Fi audio Monitor(s) Displays HP w2207 + HPvs15 Screen Resolution 1680x1050 + 1024x768
Keyboard Microsoft Comfort Curve Mouse MX Revolution Hard Drives 2-WD5000AAKS-500 GB
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Experience Index=5.5
01 Feb 2009
#3
64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise
Texas
You're welcome guys.
My System Specs
Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Self built custom OS 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise CPU Intel i7-3930K 3.2 Ghz (O/C 4 Ghz) Motherboard ASRock X79 Extreme11 Memory 32 GB (8GBx4) G.SKILL DDR3 Quad PC3-19200 2400MHz Graphics Card Sapphire HD5870 Eyefinity 6 2GB Sound Card SB Recon 3Di Integrated Chip Monitor(s) Displays 3x 27" Asus VE278Q Screen Resolution 1920x1080
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15 Nov 2009
#4
Windows 7 Pro 64-bit
Washington State
Very cool thanks
How do you guys figure these registry tweaks out?
My System Specs
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15 Nov 2009
#5
64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise
Texas
You're welcome Green.
I just do a lot of digging around in the registry and in Windows 7, then I just get lucky sometimes.
My System Specs
Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Self built custom OS 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise CPU Intel i7-3930K 3.2 Ghz (O/C 4 Ghz) Motherboard ASRock X79 Extreme11 Memory 32 GB (8GBx4) G.SKILL DDR3 Quad PC3-19200 2400MHz Graphics Card Sapphire HD5870 Eyefinity 6 2GB Sound Card SB Recon 3Di Integrated Chip Monitor(s) Displays 3x 27" Asus VE278Q Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution Mouse Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution PSU OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W Case Thermaltake Level 10 GT Snow Edition Cooling Corsair Hydro H100 Hard Drives 256GB OCZ Vector
160GB OCZ RevoDrive X2
2 x 1TB Samsung HDD HD154UI SATA Internet Speed 50 Mb/s Download and 2 Mb/s Upload Other Info Microsoft LifeCam Cinema
Lite-On iHBS212 12x BD Writer
Samsung CLX-3175FW Printer
Netgear WNDR3800 Router
Motorola SBG6580 Cable Modem
2x APC Back-UPS XS 1500
05 Apr 2011
#6
Operating System : Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 6.01.7600 SP1 (x64)
MILTON KEYNES
well written brink its cool to have the drive letter first in my opinion
My System Specs
System Manufacturer/Model Number packard bell IXTREME M5722 OS Operating System : Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 6.01.7600 SP1 (x64) CPU Processor : Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 @ 2500 MHz Motherboard Mainboard : Packard Bell (Acer EG43M ) Memory Physical Memory :8GB Corsair4x 2GB 800MHz C5 DDR2 Graphics Card Video Card : XFX 6700 AMD Monitor(s) Displays Maestro 234DL - BenQ V2220 - BenQ VW2420H Screen Resolution Current Display :1920x1080p pixels at 60 Hz in HD LED
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Date : 08/31/2009
05 Apr 2011
#7
64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise
Texas
Thank you Brian.
My System Specs
Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Self built custom OS 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise CPU Intel i7-3930K 3.2 Ghz (O/C 4 Ghz) Motherboard ASRock X79 Extreme11 Memory 32 GB (8GBx4) G.SKILL DDR3 Quad PC3-19200 2400MHz Graphics Card Sapphire HD5870 Eyefinity 6 2GB Sound Card SB Recon 3Di Integrated Chip Monitor(s) Displays 3x 27" Asus VE278Q Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution Mouse Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution PSU OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W Case Thermaltake Level 10 GT Snow Edition Cooling Corsair Hydro H100 Hard Drives 256GB OCZ Vector
160GB OCZ RevoDrive X2
2 x 1TB Samsung HDD HD154UI SATA Internet Speed 50 Mb/s Download and 2 Mb/s Upload Other Info Microsoft LifeCam Cinema
Lite-On iHBS212 12x BD Writer
Samsung CLX-3175FW Printer
Netgear WNDR3800 Router
Motorola SBG6580 Cable Modem
2x APC Back-UPS XS 1500
05 Apr 2011
#8
Windows 7 Pro X64
Space Coast of Florida
The manual steps are missing this part:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
"ShowDriveLettersFirst"=-
When I tried the manual steps it didn't work, the .reg did. Difference is the above missing from the manual steps.
I like it though, thanks for another great tip Shawn.
My System Specs
System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell Precision 370 OS Windows 7 Pro X64 CPU Intel Pentium 4 Dual LP 3.4Ghz Memory 4GB DDR PC2-5200 ECC Graphics Card NVIDIA Quadro FX 3400/4400 Sound Card SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio Monitor(s) Displays HP 22" w2207 LCD Screen Resolution 1680 x 1050
Hard Drives 300GB Maxtor 6L300RD PATA
128GB Kingston SV200S3128G SSD (boot)
1.5TB Seagate ST3150041AS SATA Internet Speed Cable via Road Runner 2MB Upload, 20MB Download
05 Apr 2011
#9
W7x64 Pro, SuSe 12.1/** W7 x64 Pro, XP MCE
Indian Territory
I did the manual method and it worked perfectly for Windows Explorer, but I wish it did the same in Disk Management and the file manager that I prefer to use, they are the same as before.
My System Specs
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