I have a media player application (MediaMonkey) that i have used for several years, One of its annoying features is that if you want to sync and convert music to a local folder you have to create a virtual disk letter for this purpose. It's a pain, but
I have been doing this for years in Windows XP with no problems using the SUBST command. However in Windows 7 I am hitting problems.
Scenario
I have 2 physical hard disks with multiple partitions each in my PC. Rather than use up a ton of drive letters, i have set the system up so the system partition is mounted as drive
C: as usual, but all the other partitions are mounted to folders under
C:\Volumes\(volume name)
Let's say I have a folder for my media files under
C:\Volumes\Share\Music\Encoded_MP3 (where the partition is mounted on C:\Volumes\Share)
I can create a drive letter Q: with in a command prompt (with admin privileges) using-
SUBST Q: C:\Volumes\Share\music\Encoded_MP3
Having done this, the SUBST command says the drive letter exists-
C:\Windows\System32>subst
Q:\: => C:\Volumes\Share\music\Encoded_MP3
But the Q drive doesn't actually show up in Windoes Explorer, and MediaMonkey can't see this drive either.
Is the SUBST command broken in Windows 7? and if so is there anothere way of creating a drive letter for a folder on a non-system disk partition?
The SUBST command works in Windows 7 but the substituted drive is only visible in the same privilege level. Running your SUBST command in a NON-elevated command prompt should solve your problem. Interestingly, you can actually run it in both an elevated
and non-elevated command prompt and it will be accessible both ways.
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