Define a fixed letter for an external USB drive Topic is solved

[fmildemberger]

How to define a fixed letter for an external usb drive?
I would like that when connecting an external hdd, a letter is automatically assigned


[Mod edit: Replaced original subject line: “DEFINE A FIXED LETTER POR [sic] A [sic] EXTERNAL USB DRIVE !” Please don’t use all caps in the future.]

[boiler]

NO NEED TO YELL.

Assuming this can be accomplished in AHK, are you really using v2? You posted in the main section of the forum, which is now for v2.

[iseahound]

I used to do the same thing, but realized it was pointless since every other computer would assign a different letter. Instead I now use the following 2 functions:

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DriveLabel(label) {
   Loop Parse, DriveGetList()
      if label = DriveGetLabel(A_LoopField ":")
         return A_LoopField ":"
   throw Error("Drive label " label " not found.")
}

DriveIndex(index, omitLabel := ["Heritage"]) {
   i := 0
   Loop Parse, DriveGetList()
      if A_LoopField != SubStr(A_WinDir, 1, 1)
         if "Heritage" != DriveGetLabel(A_LoopField ":")
            if index = ++i
               return A_LoopField ":"
   throw Error("Drive index not found.")
}

Run DriveIndex(1) ; This avoids the C: Drive, and will be your D: drive or E: drive or F: drive, etc.
Run DriveLabel("My USB Drive") ; Open the usb drive called "My USB Drive"

If you just want to assign a drive letter to your USB drive, go to Computer Management > Disk Management, click on your drive, and Assign a letter to this drive. You must do this for every computer you have access to.

[MrDodel]

@fmildemberger

Outside AHK, check a tool called USBDLM.

[fmildemberger]

NO NEED TO YELL.

Assuming this can be accomplished in AHK, are you really using v2? You posted in the main section of the forum, which is now for v2.

No im using v1.1.36.01....

[gregster]

No im using v1.1.36.01....

I moved your topic to the correct subforum.