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    • Hadden89H
      Hadden89
      last edited by Hadden89

      Often, I add or remove and hard drive and this will totally break (almost) any link. There is a way to do them (possibly with the GUI) to point to an a exact drive (but the label would be fine) instead of its drive letter (which change quite often) ?

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      • nproN
        npro @Hadden89
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        @Hadden89 Well until someone using MS Windows actually comes here and tells exactly how, I'd say it would be possible with the use of symbolic links, probably junction points called in MS Windows, you 'd need to invest some time in understanding what soft, hard and junction points are, not sure if there is a GUI-based program for that in MS Windows.

        P.S. Or you can start using a real OS like GNU/Linux ๐Ÿ˜› , which doesn't have those "child" problems as it doesn't use "Drives" but partitions which you can mount anywhere to the file system, not just C: or D ๐Ÿ™‚

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        • Hadden89H
          Hadden89 @npro
          last edited by Hadden89

          @npro Yeah, I saw some workarounds which involves symlinks (actually there are some gui apps too) but doing that on root directories is not something I'll risk to do ๐Ÿ˜ƒ
          And yeah, is one of the reasons I still prefer linux even if I'm mainly a windows user. Oh, even for easier customization, but that is another thing :3

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          • StardustS
            Stardust @npro
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            @npro said in Do windows links with exact drive/label?:

            P.S. Or you can start using a real OS like GNU/Linux

            Yep! ๐Ÿ˜„

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            • Hadden89H
              Hadden89
              last edited by Hadden89

              By the way, I plan to set up (again) a linux machine with current hardware at the next upgrade, so yeah, the ice bird is not forgotten and is always in my โ™ฅ :Q__

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              • StardustS
                Stardust @Hadden89
                last edited by

                @Hadden89 said in Do windows links with exact drive/label?:

                I plan to set up (again) a linux machine

                This is the way!

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                • Zalex108Z
                  Zalex108 Moderator
                  last edited by

                  Hi,

                  You could try with the Disk ID.

                  Not tested myself, just know about it.

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                  • Hadden89H
                    Hadden89 @Hadden89
                    last edited by Hadden89

                    @Hadden89 I'm pretty much using the device manager to workaround this (having broken shortcuts) since I don't trust MS CLI tools (sorry) basically skipping one drive letter so:

                    C:\ is system SSD

                    D:\ is skipped so any new drive will get this.

                    E:\ is the first HDD installed

                    F:\ is skipped so any new drive will get this.

                    and so on ...

                    Virtual drivers and cloud folders always will take Z:\Y:\X:\W:\ and so on...

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