How to designate a folder as a drive D

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I have a 40G drive with 3G used as drive C, Drive D is the CD rom. (I have
redesignated the CD as drive G.) My application requires the presence of a
Drive D hard disk to write data to. How can I create a new folder on C and
have windows 2000 regard it as a new drive D?

I recall that I could do this back in win95/98 but how do I do it in
win2000? The computer is not on a network. There is an ethernet card but no
network connection since the computer is in a remote trailer.

Many thanks,

Ian

 

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From a command prompt;

net use D: \\pcname\C$\somepath
or
subst D: C:\somepath

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"chromian" wrote:
|I have a 40G drive with 3G used as drive C, Drive D is the CD rom. (I have
| redesignated the CD as drive G.) My application requires the presence of
a
| Drive D hard disk to write data to. How can I create a new folder on C and
| have windows 2000 regard it as a new drive D?
|
| I recall that I could do this back in win95/98 but how do I do it in
| win2000? The computer is not on a network. There is an ethernet card but
no
| network connection since the computer is in a remote trailer.
|
| Many thanks,
|
| Ian

 

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That worked! Thanks a lot. Ian

"Dave Patrick" wrote:

> From a command prompt;
>
> net use D: \\pcname\C$\somepath
> or
> subst D: C:\somepath
>
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> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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>
> "chromian" wrote:
> |I have a 40G drive with 3G used as drive C, Drive D is the CD rom. (I have
> | redesignated the CD as drive G.) My application requires the presence of
> a
> | Drive D hard disk to write data to. How can I create a new folder on C and
> | have windows 2000 regard it as a new drive D?
> |
> | I recall that I could do this back in win95/98 but how do I do it in
> | win2000? The computer is not on a network. There is an ethernet card but
> no
> | network connection since the computer is in a remote trailer.
> |
> | Many thanks,
> |
> | Ian
>
>
>

 

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You're welcome.

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"chromian" wrote:
| That worked! Thanks a lot. Ian

 

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Dave, I found that the Subst command was temporary and the drive D
disappeared after a reboot. So I wrote a batch file and invoked it in the run
section of the registry and this fixed the problem.
Am I missing something. Is there some other step I should have taken to make
the subst happen every time?
Thanks

ian

"Dave Patrick" wrote:

> You're welcome.
>
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>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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>
> "chromian" wrote:
> | That worked! Thanks a lot. Ian
>
>
>

 

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No that was correct. subst doesn't survive a boot. From the 'Run' keys or
startup directories.

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"chromian" wrote:
| Dave, I found that the Subst command was temporary and the drive D
| disappeared after a reboot. So I wrote a batch file and invoked it in the
run
| section of the registry and this fixed the problem.
| Am I missing something. Is there some other step I should have taken to
make
| the subst happen every time?
| Thanks
|
| ian
|
| "Dave Patrick" wrote:
|
| > You're welcome.
| >
| > --
| > Regards,
| >
| > Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
| > Microsoft Certified Professional
| > Microsoft MVP [Windows]
| > http://www.microsoft.com/protect
| >
| > "chromian" wrote:
| > | That worked! Thanks a lot. Ian
| >
| >
| >

 

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chromian wrote:

> Dave, I found that the Subst command was temporary and the drive D
> disappeared after a reboot. So I wrote a batch file and invoked it in the run
> section of the registry and this fixed the problem.
> Am I missing something. Is there some other step I should have taken to make
> the subst happen every time?

You can make it permanent, survive reboot and even happen before any
user logs in, by adding a value under the registry key
"HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\DOS Devices". The
name of the value should be e.g. D: and the value data should be e.g.
\??\C:\somepath. Note that because it is native paths you need \??\
before the drive letter path.

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Good one! Thanks Olof.

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"Olof Lagerkvist" wrote:
| You can make it permanent, survive reboot and even happen before any
| user logs in, by adding a value under the registry key
| "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\DOS Devices". The
| name of the value should be e.g. D: and the value data should be e.g.
| \??\C:\somepath. Note that because it is native paths you need \??\
| before the drive letter path.
|
| --
| Olof Lagerkvist sm6xmk
| ICQ: 724451 @ssa.se
| Web: http://here.is/olof
|

 

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Thanks Gentlemen, I will try that also.
Ian

"Dave Patrick" wrote:

> Good one! Thanks Olof.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
> http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>
> "Olof Lagerkvist" wrote:
> | You can make it permanent, survive reboot and even happen before any
> | user logs in, by adding a value under the registry key
> | "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\DOS Devices". The
> | name of the value should be e.g. D: and the value data should be e.g.
> | \??\C:\somepath. Note that because it is native paths you need \??\
> | before the drive letter path.
> |
> | --
> | Olof Lagerkvist sm6xmk
> | ICQ: 724451 @ssa.se
> | Web: http://here.is/olof
> |
>
>
>

 

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Thanks. Olof's solutions was elegant and worked great. Ian

"chromian" wrote:

> Thanks Gentlemen, I will try that also.
> Ian
>
> "Dave Patrick" wrote:
>
> > Good one! Thanks Olof.
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> > Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> > Microsoft Certified Professional
> > Microsoft MVP [Windows]
> > http://www.microsoft.com/protect
> >
> > "Olof Lagerkvist" wrote:
> > | You can make it permanent, survive reboot and even happen before any
> > | user logs in, by adding a value under the registry key
> > | "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\DOS Devices". The
> > | name of the value should be e.g. D: and the value data should be e.g.
> > | \??\C:\somepath. Note that because it is native paths you need \??\
> > | before the drive letter path.
> > |
> > | --
> > | Olof Lagerkvist sm6xmk
> > | ICQ: 724451 @ssa.se
> > | Web: http://here.is/olof
> > |
> >
> >
> >