Re: My Computer - show drive letter first instead of share name
Ramesh, MS-MVP
Tweak UI offers this function, but the options are mis-mapped. Posted
earlier by Keith Miller:
<quote>
For the TweakUI portion of your dilemma, the labels for the options are
incorrect. The associated registry value is under:
"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer"and is a value
named "ShowDriveLettersFirst". Possible values are:
0 = Default display - drive letters after description
1 = Network drive letters first, Local drive letters after
2 = Descriptions only, no drive letters displayed
4 = Drive letters before description
In TweakUI, the four options displayed are not associated with their
correct values. The first option is a match, but for "Show all drive
letters before", tweakUI is setting the value to 2 rather than 4; for
"Network before/Local after", the value is being set to 2 rather than 1;
and for "Never show", the value is being set to 4 rather than 2. To
summarize (assuming options are numbered 1 thru 4):
If you want
Option# Select:
1 1
2 4
3 2
4 3
Keith
</quote>
TweakUI download locations
v2.00
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe
v2.10 (requires XP SP1 or higher)
http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/c/a/fca6767b-9ed9-45a6-b352-839afb2a2679/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe
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Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org
"Leythos" <vo...@nowhere.lan> wrote in message
news:pan.2005.03.06....@nowhere.lan...
> Here's an interesting problem that's bothered me for a long time: How do
> you make My Computer show the drive letter to left side instead of the
> share name followed by the drive letter?
>
> All the install software asks for a install drive letter, you even browse
> by drive letter for most install actions, but the display in My Computer
> shows the full share name + network path and then the drive letter.
>
> I've looked on google, but I can't seem to find a setting that will make
> the drive letters always, for all view types, show on the far left side of
> the line like it use to in earlier versions.
>
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Ramesh, MS-MVP
"Leythos" <vo...@nowhere.lan> wrote in message
news:pan.2005.03.06....@nowhere.lan...
> Thanks for the info and links - I had not loaded TUI on any of the
> systems, it's in my resource kit so I may try it. I looked in the registry
> and the key is not in the default system, at least not on several default
> XP SP2 machines.
>
> Thanks again.