{"id":4511,"date":"2009-01-27T16:31:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-27T16:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/powershell\/2009\/01\/27\/rename-drive-renaming-drives-with-powershell-wmi\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T13:12:50","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T20:12:50","slug":"rename-drive-renaming-drives-with-powershell-wmi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/powershell\/rename-drive-renaming-drives-with-powershell-wmi\/","title":{"rendered":"Rename-Drive : Renaming Drives with PowerShell & WMI"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Shane Burton from Compellent<\/a> 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<\/a>, and Win32_LogicalDisk<\/a>. 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<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here’s my Rename-Drive function:<\/p>\n

Rename-Drive<\/p>\n

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Synopsis:<\/b><\/p>\n

Renames a drive with WMI <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Syntax:<\/b><\/p>\n

Rename-Drive [[-deviceID] [<Object>]] [[-name] [<Object>]] [<CommonParameters>] <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Detailed Description:<\/b><\/p>\n

Uses the Win32_LogicalDisk class to rename a drive using WMI. Must be running as administrator to use <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Examples:<\/p>\n

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    -------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------\n# Sets the name of C: to FooBar\nRename-Drive C: FooBar\n    <\/pre>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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    -------------------------- EXAMPLE 2 --------------------------\n# Resets the name of C:\nRename-Drive C:\n    <\/pre>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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Here’s Rename-Drive: <\/p>\n
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function Rename-Drive {\n    #.Synopsis\n    #    Renames a drive with WMI\n    #.Description\n    #    Uses the Win32_LogicalDisk class to rename a drive using WMI.  Must be running as administrator to use\n    #.Example\n    #    # Sets the name of C: to FooBar\n    #    Rename-Drive C: FooBar\n    #.Example\n    #    # Resets the name of C:\n    #    Rename-Drive C:\n    param($deviceID = \"C:\", $name)\n$drive = Get-WmiObject \"Win32_LogicalDisk WHERE DeviceID='$deviceID'\"\n    if (-not $drive) { return }\n    $drive.VolumeName = $name\n    $null = $drive.Put()\n}\n    <\/pre>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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Hope This Helps,<\/p>\n
James Brundage [MSFT]<\/p>\n
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