DriveInfo.VolumeLabel Property
Definition
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Gets or sets the volume label of a drive.
public:
property System::String ^ VolumeLabel { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };
public string VolumeLabel { get; [System.Runtime.Versioning.SupportedOSPlatform("windows")] set; }
public string VolumeLabel { get; set; }
[<set: System.Runtime.Versioning.SupportedOSPlatform("windows")>]
member this.VolumeLabel : string with get, set
member this.VolumeLabel : string with get, set
Public Property VolumeLabel As String
Property Value
The volume label.
- Attributes
Exceptions
An I/O error occurred (for example, a disk error or a drive was not ready).
The drive is not mapped or does not exist.
The caller does not have the required permission.
The volume label is being set on a network or CD-ROM drive.
-or-
Access to the drive information is denied.
Examples
The following example demonstrates the use of the DriveInfo class to display information about all the drives on the current system.
using System;
using System.IO;
class Test
{
public static void Main()
{
DriveInfo[] allDrives = DriveInfo.GetDrives();
foreach (DriveInfo d in allDrives)
{
Console.WriteLine("Drive {0}", d.Name);
Console.WriteLine(" Drive type: {0}", d.DriveType);
if (d.IsReady)
{
Console.WriteLine(" Volume label: {0}", d.VolumeLabel);
Console.WriteLine(" File system: {0}", d.DriveFormat);
Console.WriteLine(
" Available space to current user:{0, 15} bytes",
d.AvailableFreeSpace);
Console.WriteLine(
" Total available space: {0, 15} bytes",
d.TotalFreeSpace);
Console.WriteLine(
" Total size of drive: {0, 15} bytes ",
d.TotalSize);
}
}
}
}
/*
This code produces output similar to the following:
Drive A:\
Drive type: Removable
Drive C:\
Drive type: Fixed
Volume label:
File system: FAT32
Available space to current user: 4770430976 bytes
Total available space: 4770430976 bytes
Total size of drive: 10731683840 bytes
Drive D:\
Drive type: Fixed
Volume label:
File system: NTFS
Available space to current user: 15114977280 bytes
Total available space: 15114977280 bytes
Total size of drive: 25958948864 bytes
Drive E:\
Drive type: CDRom
The actual output of this code will vary based on machine and the permissions
granted to the user executing it.
*/
Imports System.IO
Class Test
Public Shared Sub Main()
Dim allDrives() As DriveInfo = DriveInfo.GetDrives()
Dim d As DriveInfo
For Each d In allDrives
Console.WriteLine("Drive {0}", d.Name)
Console.WriteLine(" Drive type: {0}", d.DriveType)
If d.IsReady = True Then
Console.WriteLine(" Volume label: {0}", d.VolumeLabel)
Console.WriteLine(" File system: {0}", d.DriveFormat)
Console.WriteLine( _
" Available space to current user:{0, 15} bytes", _
d.AvailableFreeSpace)
Console.WriteLine( _
" Total available space: {0, 15} bytes", _
d.TotalFreeSpace)
Console.WriteLine( _
" Total size of drive: {0, 15} bytes ", _
d.TotalSize)
End If
Next
End Sub
End Class
'This code produces output similar to the following:
'
'Drive A:\
' Drive type: Removable
'Drive C:\
' Drive type: Fixed
' Volume label:
' File system: FAT32
' Available space to current user: 4770430976 bytes
' Total available space: 4770430976 bytes
' Total size of drive: 10731683840 bytes
'Drive D:\
' Drive type: Fixed
' Volume label:
' File system: NTFS
' Available space to current user: 15114977280 bytes
' Total available space: 15114977280 bytes
' Total size of drive: 25958948864 bytes
'Drive E:\
' Drive type: CDRom
'
'The actual output of this code will vary based on machine and the permissions
'granted to the user executing it.
Remarks
The label length is determined by the operating system. For example, NTFS allows a volume label to be up to 32 characters long. Note that null
is a valid VolumeLabel.