Flash drives hidden

[Ray_S]

I have a client with a computer running XP PRO there are several mapped drives. When any new USB flash memory devices are used it puts them at drive F, which is a mapped drive. You can go into Disk management and change it but it only changes it for that perticular flash memory stick. Is there any way other than going into disk management and changing it so any removable memory goes to a different drive letter?

[glc]

I haven't found a way yet. It's something you have to live with.

[rightcoast]

Sort of a workaround hack more than anything else, but since XP always uses the first available mount point (hardware wise, not mapped wise when USB 1.0 comes into play) you could change your cd/dvd-roms to letters G: and H: whatever, thus freeing D: and E: for your flash drives. HTH

[Ray_S]

If I get them to standardise their flash drives to the same make and size will that work?

[rightcoast]

No, that wouldn't affect anything. I'm sure moving the optical drives down the letter chain will though.

[Ray_S]

Thats all well and good but its networked drives that are causing the problems. The optical drives don't affect the flash drive

[glc]

What are drives D and E? If either is an optical, change it. My opticals are R and W (read and write) - easy to remember. The flash drive is going to grab the first drive letter it sees that's not a physical drive. If it's a mapped drive, then you have this problem.

[Ray_S]

I see where your coming from now glc. That should work just fine. Thanks for your help and thanks to you too Rightcoast