Uwe,

For changing anything you need admin previleges.

I was silently hoping that, as my USB stick is removable media and as such
under the control of me, the user, it would recognise that fact and allow me
to change its driveletter.

On the other hand, I've already encountered a situation where the 'puter
didn't even allow me to format *my own* USB memory stick (it did allow me to
read/write/delete it though), so I know/knew its a long shot.

But, not having tested it is not knowing it. :-)

If you can convince the admins to install USBDLM
[snip]

Thanks for the suggestion. Its a possibility. I was hoping for a more
"userland" solution though (working everywhere, even where admins are less
willing to make adjustments).

Shucks. It might even turn out that that batchfile solution using SUBST is
the best one (in regard to "works everywhere") I can hope to create ....

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


-- Origional message:
Uwe Sieber schreef in berichtnieuws
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R.Wieser wrote:
Hello JJ,

While looking for possibilities to change the driveletter of my usb
stick I
came across a reference to an on XP available program named "mountvol".
It
can list, delete and link mountpoints to drive letters. I think I'm
going
to try that one first (my own code would probably just use the same
functions). :-)

For changing anything you need admin previleges.
If you can convince the admins to install USBDLM
you can let mount you drive into an NTFS folder
using a fixed name, the device's friendly name,
the volume label or anything else.

Uwe




Regards,
Rudy Wieser


-- Origional message:
JJ schreef in berichtnieuws
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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?