Can redirected drives in a Hyper-V VM be renamed?

tecknot · 2026-10-19T14:57:55-0400

Hello everyone,

(me again)

I did a "Google" search for an answer to the above question, but got instructions to change the names of the redirected drives under Hardware in Settings of the VM. Unfortunately, there is only one hard drive listed in Settings. So, I have no idea how to make the changes.

Here is a shot of the File Explorer for the VM in question:

And here is a screenshot of Settings for the VM:

Any guidance in this regard is greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Kind regards,

tecknot

Ghot · 2026-10-19T15:20:02-0400

I bet @jimbo45 would know. He's into VMs big time.
He usually comes online in the AM. He's in Iceland.

So are a lot of other folks, so you may get an answer before then.

tecknot · 2026-10-19T15:23:05-0400

Ghot said:
I bet @jimbo45 would know. He's into VMs big time.
He usually comes online in the AM. He's in Iceland.

So are a lot of other folks, so you may get an answer before then.

Thank you, Ghot. I can wait.

Kind regards,

tecknot

neemobeer · 2026-10-19T16:42:00-0400

Are you trying to expose a host disk in the VM, and you want to rename that within the VM?

OAT · 2026-10-19T16:42:37-0400

I would gladly help but I am a VMware Broadcom kind of a guy.
On VMWare, you can mount shared drives from the host which then can be renamed as you would any other drive. thru a shortcut.
It sure doesn't help you though.

pseymour · 2026-10-19T17:24:28-0400

The redirected drives are stored in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID. Under that key, you'll see a bunch of GUIDs. Each redirected drive is under CLSID, but so are other drives, so be careful.

It's probably best to search the CLSID key for the string "tsclient," since each redirected drive will come from a Target with that name.

Once you find the key with the correct target, go back up to the key named with a GUID. In my case, the key named "{24BCB...". Edit the Default value of this registry key to be the label you want to use.

Refresh Explorer, and you're done.

tecknot · 2026-10-19T17:33:27-0400

neemobeer said:
Are you trying to expose a host disk in the VM, and you want to rename that within the VM?

Hi neemobeer,

Yes, I want to rename it within the VM.

Kind regards,

tecknot

tecknot · 2026-10-19T17:34:18-0400

OAT said:
I would gladly help but I am a VMware Broadcom kind of a guy.
On VMWare, you can mount shared drives from the host which then can be renamed as you would any other drive. thru a shortcut.
It sure doesn't help you though.

Thanks nonetheless, OAT.

Kind regards,

tecknot

tecknot · 2026-10-19T17:36:00-0400

pseymour said:
The redirected drives are stored in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID. Under that key, you'll see a bunch of GUIDs. Each redirected drive is under CLSID, but so are other drives, so be careful...

Thanks, pseymour! I will give it a shot. (I'll just export a copy of my Registry first just in case.)

Kind regards,

tecknot

Bree · 2026-10-19T17:41:56-0400

tecknot said:
I did a "Google" search for an answer to the above question, but got instructions to change the names of the redirected drives under Hardware in Settings of the VM. Unfortunately, there is only one hard drive listed in Settings. So, I have no idea how to make the changes....
here is a screenshot of Settings for the VM:

The redirected drives are not part of the Settings of the VM. The redirection is performed by Remote Desktop Connection which is what you are using when you connect to the Hyper-V VM. Redirection is an option when you connect in Enhanced mode. They behave more like network drives.

pseymour said:
The redirected drives are stored in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID. Under that key, you'll see a bunch of GUIDs. Each redirected drive is under CLSID, but so are other drives, so be careful.....

That is a neat trick, I didn't know that was possible

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