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    • John GrinderJ
      John Grinder
      last edited by

      I have successfully been using a DOS command “Subst” for over 20 years to set drive letters to a log path on C:. Just installed 6.91 on a new laptop, older version on older computer, to which I no longer have access, used to show my “M:” which was set to be the “C:\users…” just fine. Can anyone provide a work around in this 6.91 version or do I have to revert back to an older version.

      How to reproduce this issue in 6.91.

      1. At a CMD prompt (Click Start, enter in cmd in the box provided at the bottom, hit enter) enter the following commands hitting your Enter key after each one:
        CD
        MD DriveLetterTest
        Subst T: \DriveLetterTest <-- for the drive letter of T, you can pick a letter for which you don’t have a drive of that letter showing in your system or just use the T
        T:
      2. You should now see a DOS command prompt of T:>
      3. Enter in Exit to close down the CMD window
      4. Open Notepad++, click File, click Open
      5. You shouldn’t see the T: drive listed

      This version of Notepad++ is one of the very few apps I have ever seen not recognize the DOS Subst command drive letters.

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      • dailD
        dail
        last edited by

        The only immediate thing I can think to try is go into Settings > Preferences > Default Directory and toggle the option Use new style save dialog and see if that helps at all.

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        • Claudia FrankC
          Claudia Frank @John Grinder
          last edited by

          Hello @John-Grinder,

          I assume the new laptop has a new operating system as well, hasn’t it?
          And I assume you are running npp as an administrator -> can be checked by using menu ? and click on debug-info.
          Might look similar to this

          Notepad++ v6.9
          Build time : Feb 21 2016 - 21:27:55
          Path : C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
          Admin mode : OFF
          Local Conf mode : OFF
          OS : Windows 10
          Plugins : mimeTools.dll NppConverter.dll NppExport.dll PluginManager.dll PythonScript.dll 
          

          If admin mode is ON then you run npp as administrator. In such a case, you might get problems with UAC and elevation.
          If you give it a try and run npp as non-admin you should get access to the virtual drive again.

          Cheers
          Claudia

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