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Installation on a computer without a C: drive

Dear reader,

For some reason WinXP decided to call my main drive L: instead of C: during installation. This means I have no C: drive. Now the installation of LabView terminates prematurely with an error message about C: being an illegal drive. How can I install LabView on my machine?
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A possible 'work around':

Search and locate a program SUBST.EXE (You will find more that one instance)
From the search window select the instance in system32
right click and select "Open Containing Folder"

This should take you in
\Windows dirctry\system32\subst.exe

Right click on this and 'Send' a shortcut to your desktop.

Close the search etc windows and from your desktop
right click on the newlly created shortacut and
select properties.

Edit the target line (that should show something similar to this):
L:\WINNT\system32\subst.exe

so that it becomes:
L:\WINNT\system32\subst.exe C: L:\

and save the changes (Apply or OK)

After you run this shortcut you should see an L: and
a C: drive letters.

Since after LV insta
ll it will look for C: references,
you can copy (or move) this shotcut into a startup directory:
L:\Documents and Settings\\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
or:
L:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
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Did this solution work for you? As far as I know MSI installers do not like subst'ed drives.

What version of LabVIEW were you trying to install?

Naren
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I haven't tried it yet but when I have I will post my experiences here. I think I'll get around to it tomorrow or friday.
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That worked! I had a bit of a problem understanding what you meant by 'sending' a shortcut to the desktop, but it all worked out fine. Thanks a lot!
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Glad to hear that it solved your problem.
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