color labels not kept when same external drive gets mounted with a different letter
Posted: 09 Nov 2022 16:45
Problem: Windows mounts the same external drive with a different letter depending on various circumstances (e.g. if another external drive already uses that letter), in which case the color labels are not correct or kept.
Inconvenience/difficulty: Because of this, I have to disconnect the other drives, mount the one that I need and change its drive letter via ComputerManagement, so that XYplorer shows the correct color labels for that drive with its original letter.
Proposed solution: a simple fix would be to make color labels take into account the external drive LABEL instead of its letter (or some computed hash based on the drive properties in case there are multiple drives with the same label), just like the GoodSync file syncing program does.
Inconvenience/difficulty: Because of this, I have to disconnect the other drives, mount the one that I need and change its drive letter via ComputerManagement, so that XYplorer shows the correct color labels for that drive with its original letter.
Proposed solution: a simple fix would be to make color labels take into account the external drive LABEL instead of its letter (or some computed hash based on the drive properties in case there are multiple drives with the same label), just like the GoodSync file syncing program does.