Getting Volume Name

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Jeff Gaines

I am using the 'ManagementObject' to get the volume name of each drive
on my PC. It works but it is a bottleneck.

Is there an quicker way to get this information? I am using C# but am
happy yo make API calls.

I have tried the API call 'GetVolumeInformation' which returns the
drive letter rather than the volume name and also another function
(name forgotten) which returned a string that looked like it might be
the volume 'unique' number allocated by formatting a drive.

The VB function 'Dir' looks like it might work but I have been unable
to get to it from C#.

Any help appreciated.
 
GetVolumeInformation returns the path, the volume name, and the serial
number as well as some other data.
-mike
MVP
 
Michael

Thanks for your response, I made a mess of the DLL prototype (why
aren't they built in to a 'C' based language) and all is well now.


GetVolumeInformation returns the path, the volume name, and the serial
number as well as some other data.
-mike
MVP
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ManagementObject should be (almost) as fast as 'GetVolumeInformation' API call as it uses the same API.
What OS are you running, and how does your code looks like?

Willy.
 
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