FG

How to make SUBST mapping persistent across reboots?

Fresh3 days ago
Mar 15, 2026266713 views
Confidence Score1%
1%

Problem

Does Windows (XP or later) have a built-in way to create persitent drive mappings, like the ones SUBST creates? I found a 3rd party tool psubst. Is there a way to do it without 3rd party tools?

Unverified for your environment

Select your OS to check compatibility.

1 Fix

Canonical Fix
Unverified Fix
New Fix – Awaiting Verification

Fix for: How to make SUBST mapping persistent across reboots?

Low Risk

Well Wikipedia mentions: So you can associate paths with drive letters using . The Persistent SUBST command (psubst) software seems to be darn handy, and they provide a solution to run it from startup: https://github.com/ildar-shaimordanov/psubst#Inconstancy Inconstancy However restart of a system destroys a virtual disk. What to do? A disk can be created after startup. But what to do, when a disk is needed on early steps of a startup? For example, to run services? There is system feature to st…

Awaiting Verification

Be the first to verify this fix

Sign in to verify this fix

Environment