Change Drive Letter in Registry Editor

1 Open Registry Editor (regedit.exe).


2 Navigate to the key below in the left pane of Registry Editor. (see screenshot below)

 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices




3 In the right pane of the MountedDevices key, right click or press and hold on the binary (REG_BINARY) value (ex: "\DosDevices\G:") for the drive letter (ex: "G") of the drive you want to change, and click/tap on Rename. (see screenshot below)




4 Rename only the drive letter part of the binary (REG_BINARY) value (ex: "\DosDevices\G:") name with an available drive letter (ex: "\DosDevices\F:") you want for the drive instead, and press Enter to apply. (see screenshot below)



5 When finished, you can close Registry Editor.

6 Sign out and sign in, or restart the computer to apply.

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