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Windows 7 - Drive Letters - Show Before or After Name in Computer Drive Letters - Show Before or After Name in Computer How to Show Windows 7 "Computer" Drive Letters Before or After Drive Name
Published by Brink
01-31-2009
| Drive Letters - Show Before or After Name in Computer How to Show Windows 7 "Computer" Drive Letters Before or After Drive Name  Information This will show you how to have the drive letters in the Computer (My Computer) window show before or after the drive name in Windows 7. By default, the drive letters are shown after the drive name in 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 the Driver Letters After the Drive Name for All UsersA) 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 the Driver 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 the Driver 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 ComputerA) 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 Driver Letters Before the Drive NameA) 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 4 and click on OK. (see screenshot below) 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 the Driver 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,
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02-01-2009
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WD5000AAV-500 GB external Other Info Wacom Intuos 2 Graphics Tablet
Experience Index=5.5 |
02-01-2009
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#3 | | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 |
You're welcome guys. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Self built custom OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 CPU Intel i7-980X 3.3 Ghz (3.48 Ghz OC'd) Motherboard ASUS P6X58D Premium Memory 12 GB (2GBx6) DDR3 PC3-16000 2000 MHz Kingston HyperX Graphics Card Sapphire HD5870 Eyefinity 6 2GB Sound Card Realtek HD Audio ALC889 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 Corsair Obsidian 800D Cooling Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme Copper CPU heat sink w/120 MM Hard Drives 160GB OCZ RevoDrive X2
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11-15-2009
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Very cool thanks
How do you guys figure these registry tweaks out? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Built OS Windows 7 Pro 64-bit CPU AMD Phenom II X2 550 BE Motherboard ASUS M4A79XTD EVO Memory A-Data DDR3 1600 4gb Graphics Card HIS Radeon HD 4670 Sound Card VIA VT1708S (8 channel onboard) Monitor(s) Displays Dell 23" S2309W Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 PSU Rosewill Green Series 430W Case Coolermaster Cooling Scythe SCKTN-3000 Hard Drives WD 320,750gb, Seagate 500gb External Backup |
11-15-2009
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#5 | | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 |
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 | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Self built custom OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 CPU Intel i7-980X 3.3 Ghz (3.48 Ghz OC'd) Motherboard ASUS P6X58D Premium Memory 12 GB (2GBx6) DDR3 PC3-16000 2000 MHz Kingston HyperX Graphics Card Sapphire HD5870 Eyefinity 6 2GB Sound Card Realtek HD Audio ALC889 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 Corsair Obsidian 800D Cooling Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme Copper CPU heat sink w/120 MM Hard Drives 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 |
04-05-2011
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#6 | | Operating System : Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 6.01.7600 SP1 (x64) |
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 : ATI Radeon HD 5500 Series Sound Card Video Card : ATI Radeon HD 5500 Series Monitor(s) Displays PACKARD BELL Viseo 23" : Maestro 23.1" Benq 22" V2220 led : Screen Resolution Current Display :1920x1080p pixels at 60 Hz in HD LED Keyboard Gigabyte Aivia K8100 Mouse TRUST-Wireless Laser Mouse - Carbon edition MI-7770C PSU XFX ProSeries 550W PSU Case PACKARD BELL IXTREME Cooling System Blower Current: 150mA Air Flow16CFM ;Akasa 90mm rear Hard Drives Hard Disks : WDC (1000 GB)
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Date : 08/31/2009 |
04-05-2011
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#7 | | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 |
Thank you Brian. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Self built custom OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 CPU Intel i7-980X 3.3 Ghz (3.48 Ghz OC'd) Motherboard ASUS P6X58D Premium Memory 12 GB (2GBx6) DDR3 PC3-16000 2000 MHz Kingston HyperX Graphics Card Sapphire HD5870 Eyefinity 6 2GB Sound Card Realtek HD Audio ALC889 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 Corsair Obsidian 800D Cooling Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme Copper CPU heat sink w/120 MM Hard Drives 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 |
04-05-2011
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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 Westinghouse 22" L2210NW Screen Resolution 1680 x 1050 Hard Drives 300GB PATA
80GB SATA (boot)
1.5TB SATA Internet Speed Cable via Road Runner 2MB Upload, 20MB Download |
04-05-2011
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#9 | | W7x64 Pro, SuSe 12.1/** W7 x64 Pro, XP MCE |
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