Installing Program Requiring Specific Drive Letter

 Last reviewed: May 20, 1997
Article ID: Q167963
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows 95

SUMMARY

This article describes how to install a program that is designed to run from a network server using a specific mapped drive letter on a local drive instead of a network server.

MORE INFORMATION

To install the program locally, use one of the following methods:

Method 1

NOTE: This method uses DriveSpace and does not work on drives using the FAT32 file system. For additional information, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE-ID: Q150579
   TITLE     : DriveSpace Is Not Supported with FAT32 Drives

  • Click the Start button, point to Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click DriveSpace.

  • On Advanced menu, click Create Empty.

  • In the Create New Compressed Drive dialog box, assign the drive letter required by the program in the Create A New Drive Named box.

  • Click Start.

  • Click Close.

  • Install the program to the new compressed drive.

    Method 2

    Use the SUBST command to associate the required drive letter with the program's installation folder. For example, use 

       subst <drive>: <C:\dir>
    where <drive> is the drive the program requires to be mapped to, and <C:\dir> is the folder in which the program resides.

    NOTE: You should install Windows 95 Service Pack 1 if you are using the SUBST command and you have the retail release of Windows 95. If you have an OEM release of Windows 95, this update may already be included in your version of Windows 95. For information about obtaining Service Pack 1, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

       ARTICLE-ID: Q142794
   TITLE     : Availability of Microsoft Windows 95 Service Pack 1
    For additional information about issues that can occur when you use the SUBST command, see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

       ARTICLE-ID: Q137529
   TITLE     : Cannot Use DriveSpace to Compress a Substituted Drive

   ARTICLE-ID: Q117390
   TITLE     : SUBST Fails on Removable Media
   
   ARTICLE-ID: Q135948
   TITLE     : System Agent Reports Error After Running ScanDisk

   ARTICLE-ID: Q151805
   TITLE     : Files Appear Twice in the Recycle Bin

    • Additional query words: 95
    Keywords : win95
    Version : 95
    Platform : WINDOWS
    Issue type : kbhowto

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    Last reviewed: May 20, 1997
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