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

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)