Create a Virtual Drive for any folder in Vista

There is a secret in MS DOS command ” subst” which is used to create a virtual drive letter for any folder in My Computer screen.

For example, if u want to use a folder called “new_folder” which is kept in” E:\new\downloads\ ” then you can create a virtual drive say “Z:” in My Computer.

Here is the procedure.

1. Open Command prompt from , Start–>Run–> cmd

then type, subst drive-letter:folder-path

i.e., for example,

subst Z: E:\new\downloads\

2. If you want to delete this virtual drive, then provide following command:

subst drive_letter: /D

for example,

subst z: /D

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