Hi,

I was a long-time (since DOS 3.1) user of the SUBST
command, but XP has made me dumb.

How does one use the SUBST command (or other means) to
point drive letters at directory names (during system
startup)?

This is (preferably) a global requirement, not just for my
own login (although that would help for a start .

Any help appreciated
Chris

Chris Kelly rambled on in microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers:

> Hi,
>
> I was a long-time (since DOS 3.1) user of the SUBST
> command, but XP has made me dumb.
>
> How does one use the SUBST command (or other means) to
> point drive letters at directory names (during system
> startup)?
>
> This is (preferably) a global requirement, not just for my
> own login (although that would help for a start .
>
> Any help appreciated
> Chris
>
>

Type subst/?

go>start\all programs\accessories\command prompt and type
in subst/? . Keep smiling.

Sorry for the misunderstanding - I have used this command
since about 1987, and am very familiar with the syntax.

What I'm not understanding is how to invoke SUBST during
WinXP startup - before or after logging into my user name.
Something like the XP equivalent of AUTOEXEC.BAT (this
doesn't work)?

>-----Original Message-----
>Chris Kelly rambled on in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I was a long-time (since DOS 3.1) user of the SUBST
>> command, but XP has made me dumb.
>>
>> How does one use the SUBST command (or other means) to
>> point drive letters at directory names (during system
>> startup)?
>>
>> This is (preferably) a global requirement, not just for
my
>> own login (although that would help for a start .
>>
>> Any help appreciated
>> Chris
>>
>>
>
>Type subst/?
>.
>

Hi

Try subst in autoexec.nt.

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Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User


"Chris Kelly" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:30d701c39182$d4188aa0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Sorry for the misunderstanding - I have used this command
> since about 1987, and am very familiar with the syntax.
>
> What I'm not understanding is how to invoke SUBST during
> WinXP startup - before or after logging into my user name.
> Something like the XP equivalent of AUTOEXEC.BAT (this
> doesn't work)?
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Chris Kelly rambled on in
> microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I was a long-time (since DOS 3.1) user of the SUBST
> >> command, but XP has made me dumb.
> >>
> >> How does one use the SUBST command (or other means) to
> >> point drive letters at directory names (during system
> >> startup)?
> >>
> >> This is (preferably) a global requirement, not just for
> my
> >> own login (although that would help for a start .
> >>
> >> Any help appreciated
> >> Chris
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Type subst/?
> >.
> >


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Chris Kelly rambled on in microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers:

> Sorry for the misunderstanding - I have used this command
> since about 1987, and am very familiar with the syntax.
>
> What I'm not understanding is how to invoke SUBST during
> WinXP startup - before or after logging into my user name.
> Something like the XP equivalent of AUTOEXEC.BAT (this
> doesn't work)?
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Chris Kelly rambled on in microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I was a long-time (since DOS 3.1) user of the SUBST
>>> command, but XP has made me dumb.
>>>
>>> How does one use the SUBST command (or other means) to
>>> point drive letters at directory names (during system startup)?
>>>
>>> This is (preferably) a global requirement, not just for my
>>> own login (although that would help for a start .
>>>
>>> Any help appreciated
>>> Chris
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Type subst/?
>>.
>>

Oh sorry for the misunderstanding put it in c:\windows\system32\autoexec.nt