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Create persistent drive subst of a folder
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MakeDriveX.bat
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:: This command will create a persistant drive subst of a folder accross
:: reboots and will also be available to command prompts with raised
:: privileges.
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:: Example:
:: "C:\Users\HGH\Documents\Programming" will be mapped to drive "X:\"
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:: For details see:
:: http://superuser.com/questions/29072/how-to-make-subst-mapping-persistent-across-reboots
:: https://github.com/cyberponk/psubst
:: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-files/is-the-subst-command-broken-in-windows-7/4855524d-a28b-403e-8d7e-515926e01aaa
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reg add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\DOS Devices" /v X: /t REG_SZ /d "\??\C:\Users\HGH\Documents\Programming" /f
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Beware, this edition adds /f switch to the registry as well.

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