How to Set Disk Volume Name

Keywords:   set volume name  SetVolumeLabelA

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Question:

Is there a builtin WinBatch command for setting the volume name of a disk?

Answer:

Sorry no built-in function to SET the volume name of a drive.

1. You could try the DOS "label" command

   >label c: mydrive
   

   would set the label of c: to "mydrive", e.g.,

   cmd=Environment("COMSPEC")
   Run(cmd, "/c LABEL C:CANDY") 
   

2. You can use the following DllCall: (You can replace "C:\" with the drive letter of any volume you wish to rename.)

   Kernel32=strcat(dirwindows(1),"Kernel32.DLL")
   RetVal = DLLCall(Kernel32,long:"SetVolumeLabelA",lpstr:"C:\",lpstr:"NewVolumeName")
   ;
   ; RetVal will be 0 if there is an error
   ; or Non-Zero if the call succeeded.
   ;
   

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Article ID:   W14860