How to Show / Hide / Move Drive Letters in Windows Explorer?

New Registry method added which also allows you to show drive letter before drive name and works in Windows XP, Windows 7 and windows 8 as well.

Recently an AskVG reader "Ronald G." contacted us regarding a strange problem. He asked us:

Dear VG
I'm using Windows 7. When I open Windows Explorer, it doesn't show drive letters for any drive. It only shows the drive name. So I can't understand which is C; drive, which D: drive and so on...

Can you please share a fix for this problem? How can I get the drive letters back?
Thanks

Actually its not a problem. Its a feature present in Windows Vista and 7. Windows Vista and 7 allow you to show or hide drive letters in Windows Explorer.
Although its a feature, it might create problems sometimes as mentioned above. It becomes really hard to distinguish between drives as you can't see drive letters.
Following is a screenshot of this problem when drive letters are not showing in Windows Explorer:
To fix the issue, you just need to follow these simple steps:
1. Open Windows Explorer, click on "Organize" button in command bar and select "Folder and search options".
2. Now go to "View" tab, scroll down a little bit and you'll see an option "Show drive letters" as shown in following screenshot:

3. It would be unchecked, enable the option and click on Apply button.
4. That's it. Now you'll be able to see drive letters in Windows Explorer.