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System.Shell.Drive object

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Defines the properties used to expose system storage device characteristics.

Members

The System.Shell.Drive object has these types of members:

Properties

Properties

The System.Shell.Drive object has these properties.

Property	Access type	Description
driveFormat	Read-only	Gets whether the system storage device is formatted with NTFS or FAT32 permissions.
driveLetter	Read-only	Gets the system storage device drive letter.
driveType	Read-only	Gets the system storage device type.
freeSpace	Read-only	Gets the amount of free space, in MB, on the system storage device.
isReady	Read-only	Gets whether the system storage device is ready.
rootDirectory	Read-only	Gets the UNC path to the root folder of a system storage device.
totalFreeSpace	Read-only	Gets the total amount of free space, in MB, on the system storage device.
totalSize	Read-only	Gets the total capacity, in MB, of the system storage device without regard to partition configuration information.
volumeLabel	Read/write	Gets or sets the volume label of the system storage device.

Requirements

Minimum supported client	Windows Vista [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2008 [desktop apps only]
End of client support	Windows 7
End of server support	Windows Server 2008
IDL	Sidebar.idl
DLL	Sidebar.Exe (version 1.00 or later)

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Build date: 10/27/2012

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