DOS Utilities - SUBST (path to drive)

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About

Associates a path with a drive letter.

Syntax

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.

How to

Create

SUBST d: C:\myPathThatWill\Become\ARootDrive

Restart the process that must see this new virtual drive otherwise the application may not found the path. The application may capture the drive state when starting.

List

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

SUBST
D:\: => E:\d

Delete

SUBST drive1: /D







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