Richhall

All

On Windows XP I am running the following script from a .cmd batch to
rename a drive. The problem is I have named the drive before using
this, and it seems to be remembering the previous name, and I cannot
change it. Why is this please?

setlocal
set drv=J
set drv=%drv:"=%
set nn="MY DRIVE"
set nn=%nn:"=%
set mn="%TEMP%\MapName_%RANDOM%.VBS"
if exist %mn% del /q %mn%
set er="%TEMP%\MapName_%RANDOM%.TMP"
if exist %er% del /q %er%
@echo Set oShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")>%mn%
@echo DRIVE = "%drv:~0,1%:\">>%mn%
@echo oShell.NameSpace(DRIVE).Self.Name = "%nn%">>%mn%
call :quiet>%er% 2>&1
del /q %mn%
del /q %er%



Cheers

Rich

Pegasus \(MVP\)

"Richhall" <rje.hall@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> All
>
> On Windows XP I am running the following script from a .cmd batch to
> rename a drive. The problem is I have named the drive before using
> this, and it seems to be remembering the previous name, and I cannot
> change it. Why is this please?
>
> setlocal
> set drv=J
> set drv=%drv:"=%
> set nn="MY DRIVE"
> set nn=%nn:"=%
> set mn="%TEMP%\MapName_%RANDOM%.VBS"
> if exist %mn% del /q %mn%
> set er="%TEMP%\MapName_%RANDOM%.TMP"
> if exist %er% del /q %er%
> @echo Set oShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")>%mn%
> @echo DRIVE = "%drv:~0,1%:\">>%mn%
> @echo oShell.NameSpace(DRIVE).Self.Name = "%nn%">>%mn%
> call :quiet>%er% 2>&1
> del /q %mn%
> del /q %er%
>
> Cheers
>
> Rich

Your code looks like an elaborate hoax. It its current
form it won't do anything useful.

Richhall

This might be why it doesn't work - i copied it from an old file i
thought worked. Can you tell me how from a batch I can rename what
appears in explorer to a newly mapped drive please?

i.e.

ive used

net use j: etc to create a new network mapped drive, but wish to
display what is displayed in explorer.

Cheers

Richc

Bob I

Your phrasing is difficult to understand. IF you create a mapping of "J"
it will be "J", just create the correct desired mapping in the first
place. Simply clear all mapping and map drives as desired.

NET USE * /D
NET USE J: /computername/sharename

Richhall wrote:
> This might be why it doesn't work - i copied it from an old file i
> thought worked. Can you tell me how from a batch I can rename what
> appears in explorer to a newly mapped drive please?
>
> i.e.
>
> ive used
>
> net use j: etc to create a new network mapped drive, but wish to
> display what is displayed in explorer.
>
> Cheers
>
> Richc

Richhall

Apologies

I'll try as suggested, what I mean is say I may a drive

net use j: password logon etc

then in explorer it appears on the left as:

(J) $E on XXX.XX.XX.XX (Windows 2003 server)

I want it to simply say

(J) E on Rich Server 1

Cheers

Rich

Pegasus \(MVP\)

"Richhall" <rje.hall@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Apologies
>
> I'll try as suggested, what I mean is say I may a drive
>
> net use j: password logon etc
>
> then in explorer it appears on the left as:
>
> (J) $E on XXX.XX.XX.XX (Windows 2003 server)
>
> I want it to simply say
>
> (J) E on Rich Server 1
>
> Cheers
>
> Rich

AFAIK, the description field is fixed.

Bob I

R-click the drive letter in My Computer and pick "Rename". Call it
whatever you want.

Richhall wrote:

> Apologies
>
> I'll try as suggested, what I mean is say I may a drive
>
> net use j: password logon etc
>
> then in explorer it appears on the left as:
>
> (J) $E on XXX.XX.XX.XX (Windows 2003 server)
>
> I want it to simply say
>
> (J) E on Rich Server 1
>
> Cheers
>
> Rich

Bob I

Pegasus (MVP) wrote:

> "Richhall" <rje.hall@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:42f1648a-7052-4501-955a-e89496031999@m34g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
>
>>Apologies
>>
>>I'll try as suggested, what I mean is say I may a drive
>>
>>net use j: password logon etc
>>
>>then in explorer it appears on the left as:
>>
>>(J) $E on XXX.XX.XX.XX (Windows 2003 server)
>>
>>I want it to simply say
>>
>>(J) E on Rich Server 1
>>
>>Cheers
>>
>>Rich
>
>
> AFAIK, the description field is fixed.
>
>

Nah, just use "rename" in My Computer.

Pegasus \(MVP\)

"Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> R-click the drive letter in My Computer and pick "Rename". Call it
> whatever you want.
>

So it does! Applying this newly learnt piece of info, I knocked
together this batch file which makes sense AND works. You
need to change lines 2 and 3 to suit your requirements.
@echo off
echo >"%temp%\ren.vbs" drive = "Q:"
echo >>"%temp%\ren.vbs" NewName = "Shared Drive 2"
echo >>"%temp%\ren.vbs" Set oShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
echo >>"%temp%\ren.vbs" oShell.NameSpace("Q:").Self.Name = NewName
cscript //nologo "%temp%\ren.vbs"

Pegasus \(MVP\)

Oops - slight correction. The script should look like this:
@echo off
echo >"%temp%\ren.vbs" Drive = "Q:"
echo >>"%temp%\ren.vbs" NewName = "Shared Drive 2"
echo >>"%temp%\ren.vbs" Set oShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
echo >>"%temp%\ren.vbs" oShell.NameSpace(Drive).Self.Name = NewName
cscript //nologo "%temp%\ren.vbs"