Script for (u)mounting partition and open explorer

[doscode]

Hello,
I use Windows XP still. I would like to do the following. I have a file like video and I select it in file explorer. I copy it in context menu or by ctrl+c. Now I want to click on icon on my desktop to run a script. The script must to do the following: To mount a certain partition (now there are three disks connected and I can do this manually in MS Disk Manager). So I need to add a letter Y: to the partition I think it is 3rd partition (NTFS). Then I need to open certain folder like SHARED in File rxplorer - so not to do this manually. Then I need to paste the file here. And unmount the partition.

OR - if possible better solution of my problem would be: Do not open the Explorer, but copy the file here: Y:\_SHARED_ ... Because the file to be copied is already marked. I think this would be definitely perfect solution. And then unmount the partition. The last step is very important for me. Can you help me with this. I think I can find how to mount or unmount but not sure how to copy the file - the ctrl+C marked file.

[DOSadnie]

Here is my old BAT that I was using until I replaced my archive HDD with SSD [thus no longer had to stop the noise being generated by it]

You will have to read through it dough, to know how to adjust it to your needs

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:: This will unmount the drive with the letter X assigned to it
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:: To write down such a BAT [and its counterpart] for any drive [except probably for C] you need to:
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:: 1] Open up the Command Prompt as Administrator
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:: 2] Run command
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::    mountvol
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:: 3] Copy the whole long gibberish Volume Name appearing above a given drive. It starts with
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::     \\?\{
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::     and ends with
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::     }\
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:: 4] Run command
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::    mountvol @: /p
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::    where @ stands for the letter of the drive. This will dismount that drive. Do not use >>/d<< which only removes the drive letter assignment
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:: 5] Run command
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::    mountvol @: /p \\?\Volume{########-####-####-####-############}\<<
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::    where @ stands for the letter of the drive and all those ## stand for its name. This will mount back that drive
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:: 6] In case of problems please refer to:
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::    https://superuser.com/questions/704870/mount-and-dismount-hard-drive-through-a-script-software
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::    www.instructables.com/id/VBScript-Working-with-mounted-drives



:: And so the current commands are
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:: mountvol X: /p
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:: mountvol X: \\?\Volume{9647db15-ae52-43d4-bf80-5adb74be5984}\
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:: But the problem with all of this is that mountvol only takes case of the mount state and disregards the spinning thus noise [thus the main reason for using such BAT]. Although recently it started to also spin the drive down
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:: And also, for a BAT with these commands to work it has to be run a Administrator. And instead of right clicking the BAT and using the "Run as administrator" shell entry, an ordinary shortcut to such BAT can be created for which
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::    Properties > Shortcut > Advanced > Run as administrator
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:: checkbox can be selected
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:: [However if CMD is run as Administrator then strangely somehow only the dismount command works when executed within it]



mountvol X: /p



exit



:: An alternative way to dismount is to use such a BAT:
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:: @echo off
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:: REM Change this to the drive you want to unmount
:: set drive=C:
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:: echo Unmounting Drive...
:: mountvol %drive% /p
:: echo Drive Unmounted
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:: pause
:: exit



:: An alternative way to mount back is to use such a BAT:
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:: @echo off
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:: REM Change this to the drive letter you want to mount the drive to
:: set drive=X
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:: REM Change this to the Volume Name of the drive you want to mount
:: set volume=\\?\Volume{########-####-####-####-############}\
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:: :start
:: echo Mounting Drive...
:: mountvol %drive%: %volume%
:: echo Drive Mounted
::
:: pause
:: exit

[DOSadnie]

You might also want to read this discussion https://community.mp3tag.de/t/achieving ... -10/45914/ and try out using mentioned in it freeware revoSleep for easy temporary mounting and dismounting of volumes