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Shane Burton from Compellent just asked me to help him rename a drive with PowerShell. It’s possible to rename drives using a couple of different WMI classes, Win32_Volume, and Win32_LogicalDisk. You change the drive by setting a property name on the WMI Object (Label in Win32_Volume, and VolumeName in Win32_LogicalDisk), and then putting it back in the WMI repository with the Put() method. @”, @” WMI and PowerShell can do a lot of cool things together. If you want a quick way to search what you can do with WMI in PowerShell, check out an earlier blog post of mine: Get-WmiHelp / Search-WMIHelp.
Here’s my Rename-Drive function:
Rename-Drive
Synopsis:
Renames a drive with WMI
Syntax:
Rename-Drive [[-deviceID] [<Object>]] [[-name] [<Object>]] [<CommonParameters>]
Detailed Description:
Uses the Win32_LogicalDisk class to rename a drive using WMI. Must be running as administrator to use
Examples:
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------
# Sets the name of C: to FooBar
Rename-Drive C: FooBar
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 2 --------------------------
# Resets the name of C:
Rename-Drive C:
Here’s Rename-Drive:
function Rename-Drive {
#.Synopsis
# Renames a drive with WMI
#.Description
# Uses the Win32_LogicalDisk class to rename a drive using WMI. Must be running as administrator to use
#.Example
# # Sets the name of C: to FooBar
# Rename-Drive C: FooBar
#.Example
# # Resets the name of C:
# Rename-Drive C:
param($deviceID = "C:", $name)
$drive = Get-WmiObject "Win32_LogicalDisk WHERE DeviceID='$deviceID'"
if (-not $drive) { return }
$drive.VolumeName = $name
$null = $drive.Put()
}
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