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19-01-06, 17:30
subst creates a new drive letter and actively links it to an existing folder on your heard disk. For example, type:
subst m: c:\downloaded music\oldies\metallica
To create a new drive letter, m:, and link it to the folder, c:\downloaded music\oldies\metallica. When you open drive m: in Explorer, you?ll see the contents of the linked folder, useful if you access a particular folder frequently but find Windows Shortcuts too limiting. For example, a drive created with subst allows you yo access a file in the folder, like this: m:\astronomy.mp3. To disconnect a subst?d drive, type subst m: /d
NOTE:
* You would type the command from the Start -> Run prompt
* Drive letters created with subst are forgotten when the computer shuts down. To have drives re-subst?d everytime you turn on your computer, write a batch file and place it in your Startup folder.
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This tip was borrowed and condensed from:
Windows XP Pocket Reference
David A. Karp
? 2003, O?Reilly & Associates, Inc.
ISBN 0-596-00425-7
subst m: c:\downloaded music\oldies\metallica
To create a new drive letter, m:, and link it to the folder, c:\downloaded music\oldies\metallica. When you open drive m: in Explorer, you?ll see the contents of the linked folder, useful if you access a particular folder frequently but find Windows Shortcuts too limiting. For example, a drive created with subst allows you yo access a file in the folder, like this: m:\astronomy.mp3. To disconnect a subst?d drive, type subst m: /d
NOTE:
* You would type the command from the Start -> Run prompt
* Drive letters created with subst are forgotten when the computer shuts down. To have drives re-subst?d everytime you turn on your computer, write a batch file and place it in your Startup folder.
----------------------------
This tip was borrowed and condensed from:
Windows XP Pocket Reference
David A. Karp
? 2003, O?Reilly & Associates, Inc.
ISBN 0-596-00425-7