Question

How can i get volume name for drive letter

example: how can i get volume name for G:/

Thank you for any help

Answer 1

BOOL WINAPI GetVolumeInformation(
  __in_opt   LPCTSTR lpRootPathName,
  __out      LPTSTR lpVolumeNameBuffer,
  __in       DWORD nVolumeNameSize,
  __out_opt  LPDWORD lpVolumeSerialNumber,
  __out_opt  LPDWORD lpMaximumComponentLength,
  __out_opt  LPDWORD lpFileSystemFlags,
  __out      LPTSTR lpFileSystemNameBuffer,
  __in       DWORD nFileSystemNameSize
);

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa364993(v=VS.85).aspx

Pass the volume root path (such as “C:\”) in, get a lot of information (including the volume name, also called the volume label) out.

Available since Windows 2000.