SUBSTitute

A GUI for mapping directories to virtual drives (see SUBST command). It is built on top of .NET 5.0 and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF).

While its primary goal is to offer a convenient GUI for the SUBST command, I use it as a playground to test C# 8.0, .NET Core and WPF stuff.

At this point I am satisfied with SUBSTitute: There are no major features/changes planned. I still keep an eye on .NET Core updates, though. And I might expand on the easter egg (about dialog) just for fun.

Version history

1.1.4 (2021-07-21)

• Added reboot persistance

1.1.3 (2020-05-23)

• Target framework updated to .NET 5.0.0 Preview 4
• Update PresentationBase to version 3.0.0

1.1.2 (2020-01-19)

• Update PresentationBase to version 2.3.0

1.1.1 (2020-01-04)

• Update PresentationBase to version 2.2.0

1.1.0 (2019-12-22)

• Core classes extracted into a separate project (PresentationBase) and referenced via NuGet.org now
• Target framework updated to .NET Core 3.1.0

1.0.0 (2019-09-29)

• Target framework updated to .NET Core 3.0.0 (stable version)
• Changed UI render settings so it looks less blurry on certain displays and DPI settings
• Code and project file cleanup (now that the framework is stable and not a preview anymore)

0.9.5 (2019-08-22)

• Target framework updated to .NET Core 3.0.0 Preview 8
• Fixed issues with C# 8 nullables (due to updating to preview 7 last time)
• Standalone downloads are now single file executables (file size could shrink once assembly trimming works for WPF)

0.9.4 (2019-08-13)

• Target framework updated to .NET Core 3.0.0 Preview 7
• Improved start-up time for standalone downloads (using ReadyToRun [not working for the portable download yet])

0.9.3 (2019-04-19)

• Mapped browser directories are bold now (but only for the selected drive)
• Pressing the Enter key will map the selected directory
• The last mapped directory is preselected on startup
• Fixed an issue where the (Re)map button was not updated properly
• Added icons to the (Re)map, Unmap and Unmap all buttons
• The standalone releases are updated to .NET Core 3.0.0 Preview 4

0.9.2 (2019-03-16)

• Mapped drive letters are bold now (this is for cases where the icon is missing)
• Fixed the modal dialog behavior of the About dialog

0.9.1 (2019-03-16)

• Enabled awareness to DPI changes (PerMonitorV2 and PerMonitor)
• Added a hyperlink to this GitHub repo in the About dialog

0.9 (2019-03-16)

• Map and unmap directories to virtual drives
• Unmap all virtual drives at once
• A simple browser to easily select sibling directories
• Some settings (like last selected drive letter) are persisted