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šŸ–„ļø One old-school command saved my project.

  • Writer: Susan Kennedy
    Susan Kennedy
  • Jul 30
  • 1 min read

Updated: Aug 2

šŸ–„ļø This one old-school command saved my project -- and no, I’m not kidding!

As a developer, I build databases and custom apps. Sometimes, clients send me projects that run off their G drive. I don’tĀ have a G drive, and I don’t want to misuse time remapping their whole application just to open it.

So I reached for a vintage model: a DOS command that still works like a charm:

subst g: c:\

šŸ’” This tells Windows:

ā€œMake the G drive point to my C drive.ā€ It vanishes after a reboot. But it saves me from endless reconfiguring. The client? They never even notice.

Are you old enough to remember DOS commands?

What was yourĀ favorite trick?

šŸ‘‡ Drop it in the comments!

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