Change drive letter of DVD drive

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Published on 2012-11-28T17:04:47Z Indexed on 2012/11/28 17:06 UTC
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I am trying to use a Drive Maps GPO on Server 2012 - User Configuration -> Preferences -> Windows Settings -> Drive Maps.

Problem is I want to map a drive to D: but this is automatically assigned to the DVD drive.

Question is can I prevent D: being used as the next drive letter when Windows 8 boots up? I seem to recall in early version of Windows, or maybe it was Novell, a first_drive environment variable for this purpose.

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