Make virtual drives for frequently used folder (All)

[leung.kenneth]

edit autoexec.bat,
and add a command Subst X: <Path Name>
eg. Subst X: C:\Windows
then an drive x will appear after reboot and the drive will become the folder of Windows

[james3mg]

Can't get this to work in XP pro...any suggestions?

[adg]

autoexec.bat entries are not recognized in XP with the exception of environment variables.

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[POBrien]

open notepad and add in the applicable line(s).

example

Subst X: C:\Windows

save the file as sub.bat and move the file into the start button/all programs/startup folder.

POBrien

[james3mg]

Cool...it worked. Thanks.

Now, is there any command to un-Subst a drive, or do I just restart the computer?

[POBrien]

Hey James,

You're welcome and thanks for posting back.

Yes there is. hit dos and type subst /? you'll get this

K:\Documents and Settings\admin&gt;subst /?
Associates a path with a drive letter.

SUBST [drive1: [drive2:]path]
SUBST drive1: /D

drive1: Specifies a virtual drive to which you want to assign a path.
[drive2:]path Specifies a physical drive and path you want to assign to
a virtual drive.
/D Deletes a substituted (virtual) drive.

Type SUBST with no parameters to display a list of current virtual drives.

K:\Documents and Settings\admin&gt;


Pat

[james3mg]

worked great! :-D

Now, since we're all just having so much fun, is there any way of renaming the virtual drive something other than "Local Disk"? I can right-click on it and choose rename, but I was wondering if there's anything I can include in the commandline command or .bat file that may do it for me automatically. Thanks :-)

[davestones]

how do i do this to link to a file with spaces in the name?

i type subst Q: C:\My Music Files and run the bat file i crated but it just throws up an error, "invalid parameter - Music". any ideas? (WinME user)

[james3mg]

Put double quotes around the path...

Subst q: "C:\My Music Files"

Should work...I'm pretty sure that's how I have to do it.

[davestones]

ah you're a genius. now my situation is as the other bloke's... how if possible can u automatically set the name of the drive to whatever u want?

except the only problem trying to rename my virtual drive is that norton antivirus wont allow it... thinks im performing "virus-like behaviour" lol...

[EDIT] and one final thing... how do i get the .bat dos window to close once finished? or to not be shown at all? its a bit annoying...

<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by davestones on 01/15/03 10:23.</FONT></P>

[Nana]

DaveStones,

Right click on your *.bat file and select Properties.
On the Program Tab, place a check mark in the box to the left of Close on exit.

Good luck,
Nana /images/forums/icons/smile.gif

[Poiter]

If you're on a network you could try the following...

Z:\&gt;net use /?
The syntax of this command is:

NET USE [devicename | *] [\\computername\sharename[\volume] [password | *]]
[/USER:[domainname\]username]
[/USER:[dotted domain name\]username]
[/USER:[username@dotted domain name]
[[/DELETE] | [/PERSISTENT:{YES | NO}]]

NET USE {devicename | *} [password | *] /HOME

NET USE [/PERSISTENT:{YES | NO}]

eg.
C:\&gt;net use z: \\Poiter\Bucket
The command completed successfully.

Where Poiter is your computer name and Bucket is a shared folder. You can also include a password and make the drive 'persistent'.

This creates a network drive for your favourite folder. Windows WILL let you change the name for this drive.

Hope this helps.

[james3mg]

maybe phrased another way...

I thought maybe I could use the 'label' command to rename my new virtual drive, but it tells me "access denied"

Any idea how to label something without getting denied access?

Thanks