FixMyKey!

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In Brief

Looks for drive letter conflicts between removable storage devices and mapped network drives and corrects them.

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Updated:	12 Apr 2006
File Size:	5 KB
License:	Free
Download:	/coolsolutions/tools/downloads/fixmykey.zip
Publisher:	Josh Killebrew

Disclaimer

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Details

Use this application when a user plugs in a usb key or other removable storage devices and it does not show up because it is assigned a drive letter by Windows that is already mapped to a network drive.

When this app is run it finds that conflict, corrects it by putting the removable drive on a new, unused letter, and the drive is then useable and will autoplay if autoplay is enabled. This saves time where the user would have to go into the disk management mmc and correct the conflict manually.

I hope this is useful! I haven't seen anything like it and that's why I made it. Runs on Windows XP, not tested in Windows 2000 or older.

4/12/06 UpdateThe app is now compiled into an exe (as so many people requested) so it can be more easily distributed.
It now supports removable cd/dvd drives as well as virtually all other removable usb and firewire devices... even ipods!
Use with -s to silence the dialog boxes.

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Reader Comments

• Does not work for my Iomega USB removable HDD. Do you know why? It does work ok with removable usb flash drives
• Great Tool!
• Nice and neat little program. Could you compile it into an EXE so it could be easily launched as a ZEN app?
• did the trick!
• I was able to create a Zen object simply referring the .vbs file in Run Options. (shrug)
• Worked like a charm! Thanks!
• Downloaded, Ran, Worked. Unfortunatly it wont work with our student's accounts as they have restricted rights :( Any chance of an "exclude" list? or the vbs code so I can get some one to have a look at it?
• This updated version works with restricted rights! Thanks for this extremely useful tool!
• Still didn't work Windows XP with user as "power user" rights. Permission denied error.
• Very nice tool! Could you please also distribute the source code?