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An old post said
"The reason this now fails is that on Windows XP, virtual drives (sym
links) are now only visible to the user who created it. On Windows
2000, these were visible to users who didn't create them. For security
reasons, this was closed. As a side effect, it prevents installs on XP
using subst drives."
I'm presently using Win2k and trying to migrate to XP, but this is a
showstopping problem for me. I have a subst'ed drive letter which needs
to be accessible to all users (particularly 'system'). The only
alternative I've found suggested is to use a mapped network drive
instead... but then unplugging my network cable becomes equivalent to
unplugging a hard drive, which is unacceptable.
Security shouldn't be an issue; the command runs as Administrator. I'd
be willing to use a service or device driver in place of subst, so long
as it can achieve the same result. How can I map a drive letter to a
directory under Windows XP? Being able to do this is essential for some
custom-written software/scripts.
--
CalcRogue: TI-89, TI-92+, PalmOS, Windows and Linux.
http://calcrogue.jimrandomh.org/
An old post said
"The reason this now fails is that on Windows XP, virtual drives (sym
links) are now only visible to the user who created it. On Windows
2000, these were visible to users who didn't create them. For security
reasons, this was closed. As a side effect, it prevents installs on XP
using subst drives."
I'm presently using Win2k and trying to migrate to XP, but this is a
showstopping problem for me. I have a subst'ed drive letter which needs
to be accessible to all users (particularly 'system'). The only
alternative I've found suggested is to use a mapped network drive
instead... but then unplugging my network cable becomes equivalent to
unplugging a hard drive, which is unacceptable.
Security shouldn't be an issue; the command runs as Administrator. I'd
be willing to use a service or device driver in place of subst, so long
as it can achieve the same result. How can I map a drive letter to a
directory under Windows XP? Being able to do this is essential for some
custom-written software/scripts.
--
CalcRogue: TI-89, TI-92+, PalmOS, Windows and Linux.
http://calcrogue.jimrandomh.org/