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Old February 15th 15, 03:57 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
JJ[_11_]
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Default Access an USB memory stick regardless of the driveletter it got ?

On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 20:29:27 +0100, R.Wieser wrote:

Well .... If I you're presenting me a choice I would take the volume-label,
as I can pick/change that one myself & fairly easily. :-)


It's not possible using the volume label, unfortunately. When a file path is
given, the system uses the volume GUID to refer the volume that were
assigned to a drive letter. Moreover, a FAT/NTFS volume label is technically
a file, so there's no way to access a file without knowing the volume
location first.

I googled and found a code-example to how to change the drive letter, which
I have not tested yet, but I already get the feeling that that will bump
into the same "admin activity" restrictions too ...


I'm guessing your Windows user account is not a member of the Administrators
group?
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