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Map drives with subst on Windows Server 2012

I have configure Windows Sever 2012 as build machine for Visual Studio solutions for the first time. On the machine the UAC is set to Minimum and I’m using subst to map drives and use them during the build.
The problem is that if I map the drive with subst using CMD > Run as administrator I don’t see the subst drive on Windows explorer and if I don’t use Run as administrator Visual Studio failed to run some post build action like .dll registration.

Any idea how to solve it ?

Solution

  • Although UAC was set to Minimum only after I have updated the registry as explained here:

    Windows Server 2012: Deactivating UAC

    Then I could use subst to map the drives from a non-elevated command prompt and VisualStudio successfully run post build actions even if I didn’t run it with Run as Administrator.