Win 10: How to rename drives?

[DarkShadow]

I've removed a couple of folders and moved the target to drives.

F:\ is named Downloads but it doesn't appear as downloads in explorer quick links.


Any ideas?

 

[something daft already!!]

Right click the drive in explorer, select "Rename"

 

[DarkShadow]

Right click the drive in explorer, select "Rename"

The drive is already renamed but still appears as drive letter in explorer sidebar as per screen.

 

[something daft already!!]

The drive is already renamed but still appears as drive letter in explorer sidebar as per screen.

After you right click on the drive itself, select rename, give it a new name, "fred" for example.

Close and re-open file explorer and hey presto:



Edit: I may have missed the point of what you were trying to achieve but this may still work with a repurposed drive. Try renaming the drive in this method and see if it works.

 

[DarkShadow]

I should have elaborated, I only installed Win10 on my SDD, so dropped all my existing data onto other hard drives.

E.g. I dumped my docs onto a drive, then I moved the target of my docs to the new drive. Whilst it renames, it doesn't change it in quick access as per screenshot - it appears as letter but further down you can view the name.

 

[lord filbuster]

Quick Access doesn't update automatically. You can right click the D drive in quick access to unpin it, then click the renamed drive under this PC, and re-pin it to quick access to update the name.

 

[DarkShadow]

Quick Access doesn't update automatically. You can right click the D drive in quick access to unpin it, then click the renamed drive under this PC, and re-pin it to quick access to update the name.

I thought that was the case, but it just adds it back as a drive letter!

 

[montymint]

looks like windows is treating D as my documents, rather than a disk.

Use this guide to rename the quick access link:

https://www.intowindows.com/how-to-rename-quick-access-folders-in-windows-10/

edit: if you want to change where my documents is set (i.e D:\Docs\) use this guide:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...f-a-hard/56887177-f37c-44f5-af02-ef288cdf6e0b