Mapping Drive Letter to Sub folder of my documents

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Paul W Smith

C:\Documents and Settings\Paul W Smith\My Documents\IckenhamCC\Membership

I would like to map a drive letter to the above directory - can this be
done?

When I select map drive, I cannot browse to anywhere other then places in My
Network Places.

Am I looking to achieve something that cannot be done.

The reason I am trying to do this is to reduce the length of the path for
files in the above folder.

Paul W Smith
 
Hi Paul,

First of all you have to share the folder, and I don't think you can do this
(though I'm happy to be corrected on this point) if it's in your personal
profile folder - you certainly can't if you've made your personal folder
private. You'll need to put it into the "shared documents" folder, or
somewhere where it can be shared.

HTH Tony.
 
Sat, 12 May 2007 12:54:34 +0200 from Paul W Smith
C:\Documents and Settings\Paul W Smith\My Documents\IckenhamCC\Membership

I would like to map a drive letter to the above directory - can this be
done?
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Yes, quite easily.

Open a command window and type:
subst z: "C:\Documents and Settings\Paul W Smith\My Documents
\IckenhamCC\Membership"
(on one line, and with the quotes as shown). You will see the
"drive" in any Explorer windows you open from then till you log off.

If you want this to be automatic, put it in your Windows startup
batch file. (Sorry, I can't remember the name of the file off hand.)
 
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