What's New in Visual Subst
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Visual Subst v2.8 - Maintenance Release
Visual Subst allows you to create virtual drives for local folders and network shares. It solves 3 main issues with the built-in 'SUBST' and ‘NET USE’ commands: it creates drives for elevated applications without any UAC prompts, adds editable drive labels and restores drives after reboots.
Changelog for Visual Subst v2.8 (September 25, 2019):
- Installer can copy the license file and activate Visual Subst
- Fixed description of the main executable for 64-bit version
- Some other minor bug fixes and improvements
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Posted by Alexander Avdonin on 25-Sep-19 00:37
Visual Subst v2.7 - Renamed Options and More
Some options were renamed to illuminate the confusion and describe what they do in a better way.
Changelog for Visual Subst v2.7 (August 14, 2019):
- Renamed "autostart" and "create elevated drives" options
- "Create elevated drives" option is disabled by default for standard users
- Fixed errors with network drives when "manage network drives" is disabled
- Some other minor bug fixes and improvements
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Posted by Alexander Avdonin on 14-Aug-19 05:48
Visual Subst v2.6 - New Option and Bug Fixes
The updated version of Visual Subst adds option to hide drives created with other software and contains a number of stability and performance improvements.
Changelog for Visual Subst v2.5 (July 29, 2019):
- Added option "Hide drives created with other software"
- Fixed an issue with creating elevated network drives
- Some other minor bug fixes and improvements
Changelog for Visual Subst v2.6 (August 1, 2019):
- Visual Subst now expands paths to full UNC paths before mapping
- Fixed an issue with updating path edit when changing settings
- Some other minor bug fixes and improvements
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Posted by Alexander Avdonin on 01-Aug-19 00:20
Visual Subst v2.4 - Manage Network Drives
Now you can create, edit and remove network drives with Visual Subst. This is an experimental feature, so you have to enable the corresponding option on the bottom of the main dialog to start using it.
The second new option allows you to disable creation of elevated drives if you don't need them.
Changelog for Visual Subst v2.4 (July 28, 2019):
- Added ability to manage network drives with Visual Subst
- Added option "Bypass UAC to create elevated drives"
- Added "Remove All" command to remove all drives at once
- Main window position is restored now after restart
- Fixed title of error messages and dialog boxes
- Fixed an issue with removing drives from command line
- Some other minor bug fixes and improvements
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Posted by Alexander Avdonin on 28-Jul-19 10:32
Visual Subst v2.3 - Minor UI Enhancements
Just polishing the user interface and adding some minor enhancements:
New tutorial: How to Map Google Drive, OneDrive or Dropbox as a Virtual Drive
Changelog for Visual Subst v2.3 (July 12, 2019):
- Number of virtual drives is shown in window title now
- Fixed size and arrangement of some controls and dialogs
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Posted by Alexander Avdonin on 12-Jul-19 14:16
Visual Subst v2.2 - Drive Change Notifications
Visual Subst v2.2 (June 6, 2019) changelog:
- Added drive change notifications for Windows Explorer
- Improved creation and synchronization of elevated drives
- Fixed empty label text when pressing Save button
- Some other minor bugfixes and improvements
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Posted by Alexander Avdonin on 06-Jun-19 11:43
Visual Subst v2.1 - Maintenance Release
Visual Subst v2.1 (April 22, 2019) changelog:
- Added /? or /HELP command line switch
- Some minor bug fixes and improvements
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Posted by Alexander Avdonin on 22-Apr-19 02:08
Visual Subst v2.0 - Elevated Drives, Labels and More
Visual Subst solves three main issues with the built-in 'subst' command: it seamlessly creates drives for elevated applications, adds editable drive labels and restores drives after reboots. Also, Visual Subst makes it easier to create, edit and remove virtual drives in a GUI way.
- UAC and elevated applications: Visual Subst seamlessly creates virtual drives for elevated applications duplicating the drives created for the standard user. It bypasses UAC prompts using the same technique as Hidden Start with /NOUAC switch making no distraction to the user.
- Virtual drive labels: Drive labels are useful if you often use Windows Explorer. Visual Subst allows you to define and edit virtual drive labels easily.
- Restoring drives after restart: Visual Subst saves the list of virtual drives and loads it on the system startup. No additional action required – just make sure that “Create virtual drives on system startup” option is enabled.
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Posted by Alexander Avdonin on 22-Mar-19 13:31
Visual Subst v1.0.6 released
Visual Subst v1.0.6 has been released today, it fixes an error message when mapping a drive letter that is used by another program and contains a few other minor improvements.
Visual Subst is a little utility to manage virtual drives in a GUI way. (Learn more)
Posted by Alexander Avdonin on 02-Feb-08 03:56
Visual Subst v1.0.5
Visual Subst is a little utility to manage virtual drives in a GUI way. Using virtual drives, you will be able to turn a long path (C:\Users\Alexander\Documents\Projects\) into just one drive letter (P:). It may be very useful when working with deep folder hierarchies as well as when working with projects copied from another system.
This is just a minor update containing a few small improvements. Yesterday, I bought a Code Signing Certificate, and Visual Subst v1.0.5 is the first digitally signed release. I will write an article explaining the benefits of using digital signatures soon.
Posted by Alexander Avdonin on 01-Mar-07 11:27