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Chris Kelly
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      8th Oct 2003
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

 
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Black Baptist
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      8th Oct 2003
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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The Unknown P
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      8th Oct 2003
go>start\all programs\accessories\command prompt and type
in subst/? . Keep smiling.
 
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Chris Kelly
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      13th Oct 2003
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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Will Denny
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      13th Oct 2003
Hi

Try subst in autoexec.nt.

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"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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Black Baptist
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      13th Oct 2003
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
 
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