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In Device Dropdown, show drive letter FIRST

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Tom:
If you use drive letters for UNC network paths, then the drive letter is shown between server and share.

Example: In Command window you can set an example network path to your local drive C:
net use R: \\localhost\c$

Then in the Device Dropdown this is shown as:
(\\localhost) (R:) c$

I would prefer to see the drive letter first:
(R:) (\\localhost\c$)

Is there any chance to set the drive letter to the left side?

Mathias (Author):
I'm not sure how you are able to get it to show "(\\localhost) (R:) c$"

It should be shown as "(R:) c$ (\\localhost)"    =  "(<Device>) <Share>  (<Server>)"

Tom:
I just checked my settings. The behaviour depends on the following registry value:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ShowDriveLettersFirst

If ShowDriveLettersFirst = 0 (= Default value) then you have

Explorer: "c$ (\\localhost) (R:)" = "<Share> (<Server>) (<Device>) "
MC: "(R:) c$ (\\localhost)" = "(<Device>) <Share>  (<Server>)" 


I already changed the value to 4, so that the explorer has the drive letter first:
ShowDriveLettersFirst = 4  (DWord 32bit) which gives

Explorer: "(R:) c$ (\\localhost)" = "(<Device>) <Share> (<Server>)"
MC: "(\\localhost) (R:) c$" = "(<Server>) <Device>) <Share>"

So the only chance to get the same settings in Windows Explorer and MC would be that MC respects the registry value ShowDriveLettersFirst.

Mathias (Author):
You change a settings for Windows Explorer and it changes in MC ?
Strange.

Hmm I have not check But I thought that string was built by MC.. but it might be that MC asks Windows for the display name of the device.
I have to check.. (Long time ago I wrote that. Can't remember everything)

Jungle:
One more FR: Ctrl+Enter to open dropdown item in a new tab.

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