Name mapped drives via script

[Bluetooth]

Hi All.

I map all my drives via bat file, a seperate bat file for pupils and staff.

Now a teacher expressed an idea that it would be good if i could change the names of the drives from the default path shown to something more friendly.

So when you map a drive lets say to \\server\home\

it will show up in my computer as a drive, with the above and the drive assignment.

So is there a way to change it to something like "Childrens Work Area (H"?

[apeo]

Would renaming it via script do the trick?:

option explicit

dim mdrive, oshell, fso

set fso=createobject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

'Rename User Home Directory

if fso.driveexists("H:") then

mdrive = "H:\"
Set oShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
oShell.Namespace(mdrive).Self.Name = "Childrens Work Area"

end if

[Bluetooth]

Maybe!

Would i put that in with the batch file or give each drive rename its own vbs script?

[altecsole]

We use a vbscript that modifies the users registry with the name of the drive. In the example below the mapped drive is mapped and shows as 'Student Resources'. We also use a DFS namespace. Hope that helps.

Option Explicit
On Error Resume Next
Dim objFSO,objFILE,objShell,objNetwork
set objFSO=CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
set objShell=CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
set objNetwork=CreateObject("Wscript.Network")

Dim strHelpMsg, iErrorTimeout, blnShowError
strHelpMsg="Contact QES IT Support Help Desk for further assistance."
iErrorTimeout=10
blnShowError=True

'setup friendly names for mapped drives
objShell.RegWrite "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\##queenelizabeth#data#StudentResources\_LabelFromReg", "Student Resources", "REG_SZ"


'Map network drives
MapIt "R:", "\\queenelizabeth\data\StudentResources"

Sub MapIt(strDrive,strMap)
	Const FORCE_REMOVE = True
	Const UPDATE_PROFILE = True
	Const NOT_PERSISTENT = False
	Dim strMsg
	
	On Error Resume Next
	If objFSO.DriveExists(strDrive) Then 
		objNetwork.RemoveNetworkDrive strDrive, FORCE_REMOVE, UPDATE_PROFILE
	End If
	
	objNetwork.MapNetworkDrive strDrive, strMap, NOT_PERSISTENT
	
	If Err.Number <> 0 And blnShowError Then
		strMsg="There was a problem mapping drive " & UCase(strDrive) & " to " &_
		strMap & VbCrLf & strHelpMsg & VbCrLf & "Error#:" & hex(err.Number) &_
		VbCrLf & Err.Description
		objShell.Popup strMsg,iErrorTimeOut,"Error",vbOKOnly+vbExclamation
	End If

End Sub

[apeo]

its vbscript so run it during logon (assume drive assignment happens during logon) but after the drives have been assigned.

As for each drive, you just include that in the same script e.g. the script below has 2 drives renamed:

option explicit

dim mdrive, oshell, fso

set fso=createobject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

'Rename User Home Directory

if fso.driveexists("H:") then

mdrive = "H:\"
Set oShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
oShell.Namespace(mdrive).Self.Name = "Childrens Work Area"

end if

'Rename another directory

if fso.driveexists("Z:") then

mdrive = "Z:\"
Set oShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
oShell.Namespace(mdrive).Self.Name = "Some other Area"

end if

[john]

If you have Server 2008 you can also do this as part of the Drive Mapping Process in GPOs