Paul Kraemer said:
Hi,
I am running Windowns XP Pro. Is there a way to map a
drive letter to a local folder on my PC. I can do this
to a folder on a PC elsewhere on my network, but I
couldn't seem to do it to a local folder.
Thanks,
Paul
Just run "subst /?" at a DOS prompt which will show the following help:
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.
That definition probably only exists within the DOS shell where you ran
the subst command. For a more permanent solution, try using a junction
(aka reparse point). None of the NT-based versions of Windows come with
tools to create junctions. Junctions are only supported when using NTFS
because the junction is defined within the file system rather than using
a user-configurable .lnk file for a shortcut. You can get the Resource
Kit to use the linkd program, or do a Google search for "Junction Link
Magic".
