Re-assigning drive letters via Group Policy

[Griffin]

Hey guys,

Is it possible to re-assign drive letters via group policy?

Currently working with 100+ machines and we need to re-assign Removable USB to other letters, I know this can be done individually on each computer via the disk management console. As you could imagine the task of doing that is some what time consuming.

I have googled my heart out and have been unable to find anything concrete on how to do it.

Any help would be fantastic.

Regards
Liam

 

[IAmATeaf]

I don't think this will be possible using the standard GPO policy settings as the drive letter is associated with that hardware ID tag. You could create a custom GPO policy but that would only work if the USB pen drives are all the same type.

 

[Nanobot]

You can use Diskpart command in DOS.
Run Diskpart, then List Volume to see current drive letters. Then Select Volume to pick the USB key. Then Assign Letter=<new drive letter>. Works ok but it does cause the autorun window to open when USB has been given a new letter.
Probably also needs admin rights but not 100% sure.