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[raphael]

I have a removable disk used on several machines where it will get different drive letters. I would like to set a fix driveletter X: with an autoscript.

subst will not do the trick. what will?

SplitPath,A_WorkingDir, OutFileName, OutDir, OutExtension, OutNameNoExt, OutDrive
if(Outdrive <> "X:"){
run subst X: Outdrive
}

[n-l-i-d]

Use DriveGet to retreive the current drive letter of your removable. Then you can use subst to remap it.

[raphael]

I said that subst *doesn't work*, I think I have to go through the API.

[PhiLho]

Did you tried Run %comspec% /c subst X: %Outdrive%?
It is necessary if subst is a built-in command like type (can't remember if that's an exe or com, or a command).
Anyway, your first code won't work because you didn't enclosed Outdrive between percentage signs.
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[raphael]

Yes your right about that and in the context of the script this will work, but I want also the windows system to see the drive. What I'm actually looking for is reassigning the drive letter like I would trough the configuration panel.
As a work around I could use fsutil to create a hardlink but I resent that because IMHO this is a to big infringement on the running system and it only does NTFS.
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[Terrapin]

It sounds like you just want the drive letter to be the same on different machines. This does not involve AHK. You would go into Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Storage, to set the drive letter for this drive, on each computer. That is assuming none of them are less than W2K. Next time you plug in the drive on any of those machines, it will 'remember' the drive letter for it.

Good Luck

[Paulo not logged]

You can use Diskpart (winXP).It is a command line program to manage disks.
More info here http://support.microsoft.com/kb/300415

[Tuncay]

I have written yesterday a function Mount() using subst.exe, because I am very often at internet cafes with my USB-Stick (AutoHotkey helped me so much thx Chris and all others here). First I wanted a tool to mount any directory into any other directory, but this is with subst not possible. sorry, now I am in an internet cafe, may be tomorrow I can show u it, but I wanted add some more functionalities.

Here the definition, (currently):

[raphael]

I doubt this can be solved with subst as it is a shell command and will probably not go beyond the current shell. One more time for everyone who didn't understand my gibberish:

I have a removable drive.
It's mounted on a great number of unknown window systems.
When I hook up the device it will autorun AHK.
On first run I want AHK to assign a drive letter of my choice (X) to the drive.
After assignment I should be able to access the drive from windows by this drive letter.

I know I can change this from the control panel but I want to have it done
auto magically. If this is possible AHK would be my number one tool on
my portable drive, and in combination with PHP CLI I got an unbeatable
duo that beats PHP-GTK in easy of use.

I'm sure it can be done but I'm now 1 week on AHK and still learning to find my way arround. But I am very, very, impressed by it.
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[Tuncay]

Try this, its not full tested, but may be it does what you mean. I am also a portable user.
The main file: mount.lib.ahk

[Tuncay]

I updated the Mount script and started a new thread -> Mount any path as a drive with subst.exe

[malexs]

There is another way to remember external drive location of specific external drives.

1. Basically you create a folder on your local hard drive, eg. "external_HDD1"
2. Then Right click my computer and select manage
3. Select disk management (under storage)
4. Right click your external drive and select "change drive letter and paths"
5. Click ADD
6. Browse to your folder your created in step one . i.e. c:\external_HDD1
7. click ok and you are done.

Then whenever you insert your external drive or usb drive into your pc, you will always be able to access it in the same place, c:\external_HDD1, regardless of what drive letter windows decides to assign to it.

Apart of retaining the same path to your drive, the other main benefit of this method is that it will remember any folders you set up as sharing on the drive. If you share a folder on an external drive in windows, when you restart your pc or unplug your drive, you loose your share and have to re-set it up. To share a folder, simply go to c:\external_HDD1\folder_to_share and set it to be shared and whenever you plug the drive into the computer that folder will be shared on the network.