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    Drive Letters - Show Before or After Name in Computer

    Drive Letters - Show Before or After Name in Computer

    How to Show Drive Letters Before or After Drive Name in Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8
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    How to Show Drive Letters Before or After Drive Name in Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8


       Information
    This will show you how to have drive letters in the Computer or This PC show before or after the drive name in Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8.


    EXAMPLE: Drive Letters Before and After Drive Name in Computer
    Drive Letters - Show Before or After Name in Computer-computer-modified.jpg

    Drive Letters - Show Before or After Name in Computer-computer_default.jpg



    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. Press the Windows + R keys to open the Run dialog, type regedit, and press Enter.

    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
    Drive Letters - Show Before or After Name in Computer-reg1.jpg
    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)
    Drive Letters - Show Before or After Name in Computer-reg2.jpg
    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.

    Drive Letters - Show Before or After Name in Computer-modify.jpg
    E) The registry will now look like this. (see screenshot below)
    Drive Letters - Show Before or After Name in Computer-reg3.jpg
    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)
    Drive Letters - Show Before or After Name in Computer-confirm.jpg
    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








  1. bmb
    Posts : 52
    Windows 7
       #1

    Thanks
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  2. Posts : 3,141
    Vista Ult 64 bit Seven Ult RTM x64
       #2

    Thanks Shawn and Ushatl.
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  3. Posts : 71,977
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
    Thread Starter
       #3

    You're welcome guys. :)
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  4. Posts : 87
    Windows 7 Pro 64-bit
       #4

    Very cool thanks

    How do you guys figure these registry tweaks out?
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  5. Posts : 71,977
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
    Thread Starter
       #5

    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.
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  6. Posts : 3,612
    Operating System : Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 6.01.7600 SP1 (x64)
       #6

    well written brink its cool to have the drive letter first in my opinion :)
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  7. Posts : 71,977
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
    Thread Starter
       #7

    Thank you Brian. :)
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  8. Posts : 6,285
    Windows 10 Pro X64
       #8

    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.
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  9. Posts : 6,618
    W7x64 Pro, SuSe 12.1/** W7 x64 Pro, XP MCE
       #9

    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.
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