[Question] - How to get drive letters to display first?

[coyotewrw]

I'm running a fresh install of WinXP SP2 on an NTFS partition. I have Administrator privileges. Currently My Computer displays the drive labels/letters like this:

3½ Floppy (A:)

XPOS (C:)

SCRATCH (D:)

DATA (E:)

DVD-RW Drive (F:)

I want them to display like this, letters BEFORE the labels:

(A:) 3½ Floppy

(C:) XPOS

(D:) SCRATCH

(E:) DATA

(F:) DVD-RW Drive

I've tried to do this in TweakUI's latest version to no effect, even after a reboot. I've even checked the registry to confirm the value has been changed:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]

"ShowDriveLettersFirst"=dword:00000001

Does anyone know another method to accomplish this?

Thanks!

Title Edited - Please follow new posting rules from now on.

--Zxian

Edited December 7, 2005 by Zxian

[cluberti]

Your setting is only for network drives (1). Try using a value of 4.

Key: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer

Value: ShowDriveLettersFirst

Type: REG_DWORD

Data: <see below>

1 - the drive letter is displayed first for remote drives only

2 - drive letters are not displayed

4 - the drive letter is displayed first for all drives, local and remote

Edited December 7, 2005 by cluberti

[coyotewrw]

That worked, cluberti. Thanks!