Auto assign drive letters

[Guest Jasper Recto]

I have had this issue with several Windows XP workstations.

 

Whenever I plug in a external storage device like a thumb drive, it assigns

a drive letter that is already in use by a mapped drive. I can go in and

manual change it but the next time I plug it in, it does it again.

 

Any ideas why this happens? How can I fix this?

 

Thanks,

Jasper

[Guest Bob I]

Re: Auto assign drive letters

 

It happens because someone mapped a network drive immediately following

the currently used local drives. If they leave them open and place the

network drive at the end of the alphabet starting at Z like Windows

places them then the local drive letters will be open.

 

Jasper Recto wrote:

> I have had this issue with several Windows XP workstations.

>

> Whenever I plug in a external storage device like a thumb drive, it assigns

> a drive letter that is already in use by a mapped drive. I can go in and

> manual change it but the next time I plug it in, it does it again.

>

> Any ideas why this happens? How can I fix this?

>

> Thanks,

> Jasper

>

>

[Guest smlunatick]

Re: Auto assign drive letters

 

On Jun 2, 8:00 pm, Bob I <bire...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> It happens because someone mapped a network drive immediately following

> the currently used local drives. If they leave them open and place the

> network drive at the end of the alphabet starting at Z like Windows

> places them then the local drive letters will be open.

>

> Jasper Recto wrote:

> > I have had this issue with several Windows XP workstations.

>

> > Whenever I plug in a external storage device like a thumb drive, it assigns

> > a drive letter that is already in use by a mapped drive. I can go in and

> > manual change it but the next time I plug it in, it does it again.

>

> > Any ideas why this happens? How can I fix this?

>

> > Thanks,

> > Jasper

 

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