In some situations our customers want to see the drive letters first, instead of the drive name. For example (C:) SYSTEM or SYSTEM (C:). You can edit this with the following registry key:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
“ShowDriveLettersFirst”=dword:00000004
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