DriveInfo.GetFreeDriveLetter Method (Boolean)

DriveInfoGetFreeDriveLetter Method (Boolean)

Gets an available drive letter on the local system.

Namespace: Alphaleonis.Win32.Filesystem
Assembly: AlphaFS (in AlphaFS.dll) Version: 2.0

Syntax

public static char GetFreeDriveLetter(
	bool getLastAvailable
)

Public Shared Function GetFreeDriveLetter ( 
	getLastAvailable As Boolean
) As Char

public:
static wchar_t GetFreeDriveLetter(
	bool getLastAvailable
)

static member GetFreeDriveLetter : 
        getLastAvailable : bool -> char

getLastAvailable: Type: SystemBoolean
When get the last available drive letter. When gets the first available drive letter.

Type: Char
A drive letter as Char. When no drive letters are available, an exception is thrown.

Remarks

The letters "A" and "B" are reserved for floppy drives and will never be returned by this function.