Windows volumes

Richard Miller wow at together.net
Wed Feb 7 15:18:10 EST 2007


Thanks, Phil. This would seem to be what I want. However, I can't get  
the function to produce a value. I'm trying

         put queryRegistry("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM 
\CurrentControlSet\Services\Disk\Enum\")

in the message box, but nothing comes back. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks.
Richard Miller


On Feb 7, 2007, at 1:50 PM, Phil Davis wrote:

> Hi Richard,
>
> Richard Miller wrote:
>> How can I get a list of the full names of all currently running  
>> volumes under Windows? I know there is a volumes function, but  
>> that only returns the drive letters. I need to see the full names  
>> of these drives. Does this require a shell command, and if so,  
>> what would that be?
>
>
> On Windows, all the info you want is in the registry. That means  
> you can get it very quickly with Rev's 'queryRegistry' function.
>
> Check out these registry locations (or whatever they're called),  
> and see how their values change as you mount, unmount, disconnect  
> various storage devices:
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Disk\Enum\
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\USBSTOR\Enum\
>
>
> There may be other registry values you need as well, but I'm  
> guessing the second one in the above list will help.
>
> HTH -
> Phil Davis
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