Can't rename dvd drives

If you place a CD in the drive, it takes on the name of the CD..


"Tim" <Tim.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:48548702-8B32-46E4-A21B-1B19061279F6@microsoft.com...
> Help! I cannot rename the default names of my two dvd drives (ie, the
> default
> names that appear when the drives are empty). Right clicking the dvd
> drive
> does not have the "rename" option (like it does on the hard drives). Disk
> Management does not have the option of renaming, just reassigning drive
> letters.
>
> Any fix?

Shenan Stanley wrote:
> Tim wrote:
>
>>Help! I cannot rename the default names of my two dvd drives (ie, the
>>default names that appear when the drives are empty). Right clicking
>>the dvd drive does not have the "rename" option (like it does on the
>>hard drives). Disk Management does not have the option of renaming,
>>just reassigning drive letters.
>>
>>Any fix?
>
>
> Fix for what?
> Nothing in the drive - nothing to really name.
>

Sure there is. XP has to put SOMETHING up for the name and icon of an empty
drive. Why not let the user change it? I suspect there's a registry entry
for them.

/dan

Tim wrote:
> Help! I cannot rename the default names of my two dvd drives (ie,
> the default names that appear when the drives are empty). Right
> clicking the dvd drive does not have the "rename" option (like it
> does on the hard drives). Disk Management does not have the option
> of renaming, just reassigning drive letters.
>
> Any fix?

Shenan Stanley wrote:
> Fix for what?
> Nothing in the drive - nothing to really name.


Daniel Ganek wrote:
> Sure there is. XP has to put SOMETHING up for the name and icon of an
> empty drive. Why not let the user change it? I suspect there's a
> registry entry for them.

That wouldn't be a "fix". That would be a "hack".
If there is nothing broken, you aren't really fixing it, you may be
customizing it, but you are not fixing it.

For the customizers out there:
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/912/

You will have to create some of the keys.
You don't have to change both the icon and the label if you don't want to.

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