Locate icon for flash drive on Windows

[Filliam H. Muffman]

Using the Windows Desktop will be faster and easier. Resorting to DOS commands is just in case the library has implemented measures to lock it down.


This is the prompt.
C:\Users\UserName>

I haven't used a library computer in ten years, just guessing at what it looks like. It might be terse output (not showing active user directory) or default to the root directory.
C:\>

This is the command.
wmic

This is telling the command you are referencing the Local storage device management options.
logicaldisk

This is telling the command you want to display the names of active drives.
get name


Open the command window and type the command and desired options in before the flash drive is connected. Then repeat it after you connect the USB drive (you should be able to hit [Up Arrow] and [Enter] as a shortcut). If it lists an extra drive, that will be your USB drive. Now check to see if it is shown in the Computer window (might be This PC ). If it is, you should be able to access it as normal. You can close the Command window by clicking the [X] in the upper right corner, or type
exit [Enter]