I have some external drives for which I’ve not assigned a drive letter but, instead, have let Windows 10 create a shortcut for that drive. If I plug in the drive and wait a few moments, I can then double-click on that shortcut and get into the drive’s root directory.
Here’s the problem: That drive doesn’t show up on “this PC” and, as a former Mac user, that’s what I expect. Suffice to say, I’d like to see something that indicates the drive is, indeed, mounted.
Is there something I’m missing or do I simply have to let Windows assign a drive letter (which may change because I have many drives and use them in a manner that makes this happen)? There are some apps that complain about missing data files because Drive “F” is now Drive “Q”. I do have a backup app called SyncBackSE that permits me to configure source and destination files using volume name or unique Serial ID (and that’s great); but not all apps are written to permit this.
So, is there a solution I’m not seeing or do we continue to live in 1981’s Drive Letter Hell?
Thanks,
Barry
