The drive selection box
 
By clicking the down arrow with the mouse (or pressing ALT+F1/ALT+F2), a list box opens with the available drives. The volume labels or the server/net directory names for network drives are shown to the right of the drive letters. If the network drive isn't connected yet, an (X) is shown in front of the network path. For speed reasons, the names of the floppy disks aren't shown. You can change the delay after which this list is shown by setting 'DriveTipDelay' in wincmd.ini (default is 0=immediately).
 
This list also shows "My Computer" and a link to the "My documents" directory. The former is needed to access devices without a drive letter, like newer Android phones and tablets.
 
New in TC9: Show up to 3 external devices without a drive letter (e.g. smartphones).
 
In terminal server environments or Windows XP-mode on Windows 7, the drive letters of the host computer are shown followed by a backslash (e.g. c\).
 
Just click on the desired drive or press the drive letter to open the drive. If a drive letter is listed twice (one local and one from the host), you need to hold down the Ctrl key and press the drive letter to choose the host drive with the keyboard.
 
You can right click on the drive to get a context menu, which allows you to format or copy disks, share the whole disk over a network, show the context menu, etc. The right click also works directly in the dropdown part, without the need to switch to the drive first.
 
If you have multiple removable disk drives or CD-ROM drives, you can give them individual names, by modifying the file wincmd.ini. Create a new section with the title [DriveHints], and add one line per drive, like this:
 
[DriveHints]
E=ZIP drive
F=MO drive
G=CD Burner
H=CD-ROM