Thanks. That did it. I had put the same thing, but in wrong place.
(LOCAL_MACHINE instead of CURRENT_USER)

Van

"Dwarf" wrote:
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> Hi Van,
>
> There is a way to make the drive letters appear at the beginning. As you
> state, this involves a registry tweak. Open Regedit and browse to the
> following key:
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
> In the panel on the right there is a DWord variable called
> 'ShowDriveLettersFirst'. It is this value that you need to change. The normal
> value is '0', meaning drive letters at the end, but if you change the value
> to '4', the drive letters will appear at the beginning. Note that you might
> have to repeat this tweak for each user.
> Dwarf
>
> "Van" wrote:
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> > Somewhere along the line (WINXP SP 2, if I recall), MS started putting the
> > drive letter at the end of a drive's description in windows explorer. There
> > is a registry fix to return to the most logical format of having the drive
> > letter first. It involves adding a REG_DWORD value “ShowDriveLettersFirst”
> > and then setting the value to 4. I've tried that in Vista, but it didn't
> > take.
> >
> > Does anyone have a way to put the drive letter first in vista? While we're
> > at it, I'd just as soon have my old windows explorer display back to just
> > showing my C drive and its folders; I can find what I want from there without
> > having to trip over microsoft's cluttered display[/color][/color]