Everything 1.5 Alpha • [SOLVED] Duplicate drive letters found in the tree. How to remove them?

Here is a short summary of what to do:

1. Download USBDLM (USB Drive Letter Manager) from here
2. Unzip the content into an installation folder (or use the msi to install it)

This excellent YouTube video explains how USBDLM works.
That said, there are a major error in it: At 2:06, it states that you double-click on the USGDLM.ini file and configure the seetings.
But the problem is, when you install USBDLM, this file does not exist in the default installation folder!
You have to first create this file by running a command file _edit-ini.cmd (located in USBDLM's installation folder).

The procedure is as follows:

1. Press WinKey+X
2. Click on the Terminal option. Windows powershell (commandline console) appears.
3. Change the working directory by using the following command:
   CD "<installation folder path of USBDLM>"
   (The double quotes are needed if your path has spaces in it)
4. Type _edit-ini.cmd and press Enter
   This command creates the USBDLM.ini file. Now you can edit it as shown in the video.

Finally, the video does not show you how to assign specific drive letters to each USB drive.
Here is the trick:

1. Open the USBDLM.ini file with a text editor.
   Edit Line#75 and 76 like this:
   

   Code:

   DriveID=<Your device ID copied from the Disk Management> Letters=<desired drive letter>

2. Repeat these three lines for each of your USB drives, as shown below:
   

   Code:

   [DriveLetters]DriveID=<Your device ID copied from the Disk Management> Letters=<desired drive letter>

   Thus, if you have 4 USB drives, you will have to repeat these lines 3 more times.

Note:
Before editing the USBDLM.ini file, stop the USBDLM service.
After editing the ini file, start the USBDLM service.

Here are the steps:

1. Press the WinKey. Windows shows you a global search bar.
2. Type Services and press Enter. The services dialog appears.
3. Click pon any service, and type USB
   The focus shifts to USBDLM.
4. Right-click and select Stop option.

To start the service again, follow the same steps, but in the last step, select the Start option.

Statistics: Posted by Raindrops — Wed Aug 07, 2024 10:14 am

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