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Old February 15th 15, 08:34 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
R.Wieser
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Default Access an USB memory stick regardless of the driveletter it got ?

Hello JJ,

It's not possible using the volume label, unfortunately.


Well, I would be more than happy to accept using any kind of "unique data"
thats transferred with the stick (the same on every computer its used on)
:-)

I must say I was already afraid of that not being possible, but as I did not
know for certain I had to ask.

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


Correct. As I said, "I'm a user on them, not an admin"

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


-- Origional message:
JJ schreef in berichtnieuws
...
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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