topic PCV-RS406 Added Hard Drive icon issue in PCs & Accessories

PCV-RS406 Added Hard Drive icon issue

PeterHull — Tue, 13 Apr 2004 00:25:12 GMT

Hi, Ive added a second hard drive. All's working ok. When I open 'My Computer window' the new drive has the Memory Stick Icon, Memory Stick Drive has theCompact Flash Icon... etc
The Smart Media drives still work ok, they just have the wrong icons. This must be a common problem but i dont see any recent postings... So how do i get the icons correct?
Peter Hull

PCV-RS406 Added Hard Drive icon issue

robpaxton — Tue, 13 Apr 2004 17:52:00 GMT

To change the Drive Name or Icon. Start the Registry Editor (go to Start, Run and type Regedt32). Example is for drive 😧

Find the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Explorer. If the key doesn't exist add the new sub-key DriveIcons. Create a new sub-key D (D representing the drive letter of the drive you want to modify).

Under the drive letter create the new sub-key DefaultIcon and set the REG_SZ string value to equal the fully qualified name of the icon file.

To change the drive description e.g. in Explorer, under the drive letter (D in this example) create the new sub-key DefaultLabel and set the REG_SZ string value to whatever name you want the drive to appear as in Explorer (e.g. DVD Disk).

After you're done you should have two registry keys looking like this:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\D\ DefaultIcon and:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\D\ DefaultLabel

You will probably find that you have entries for your memory stick - just change the appropriate key to the correct drive and you won't need to add any entries.

PCV-RS406 Added Hard Drive icon issue

PeterHull — Tue, 13 Apr 2004 22:06:19 GMT

Many thanks Rob, I'l create a system restore point (Just in case!) & go play with reg edit. Regards Pete.

PCV-RS406 Added Hard Drive icon issue

PeterHull — Wed, 14 Apr 2004 08:33:53 GMT

mmmm... the Registry keys you said to create were already there, and all correct!
Clever pc i thought, so i just did a reboot. All's fine now. :smileygrin: Seems all i had to do was a second reboot! Many Thanks Pete.

PCV-RS406 Added Hard Drive icon issue

robpaxton — Wed, 14 Apr 2004 10:37:07 GMT

No problem - it's much better when the machine does the registry edits for you