Re: How to create a relative shortcut ?

From	"R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32, alt.comp.os.windows-xp, alt.windows7.general
Subject	Re: How to create a relative shortcut ?
Date	2025-09-04 09:02 +0200
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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Schugo,

> A solution without programming:
>
> https://optimumx.com/download/Shortcut.zip
>
> Z: is a USB drive
> make a link to Z:\test\test2\dxcpl.exe

That is a solution for the current computer.

The idea is to have the shortcut on an USB (thumb)drive, and have it work 
even when its put into another 'puter (and getting another drive letter ).


Thanks for the program.

... but a quick look at its readme.txt file does seem to indicate its also 
only uses full pathnames ...

Regards,
Rudy Wieser

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How to create a relative shortcut ? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-09-02 11:36 +0200
  Re: How to create a relative shortcut ? Schugo <schugo@schugo.de> - 2025-09-02 17:41 +0200
    Re: How to create a relative shortcut ? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-09-02 18:39 +0200
  Re: How to create a relative shortcut ? Schugo <schugo@schugo.de> - 2025-09-02 17:50 +0200
  Re: How to create a relative shortcut ? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-09-03 00:34 +0100
    Re: How to create a relative shortcut ? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-09-03 08:15 +0200
    Re: How to create a relative shortcut ? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-09-03 02:21 -0400
      Re: How to create a relative shortcut ? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-09-03 09:47 +0200
        Re: How to create a relative shortcut ? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-09-03 09:17 -0400
          Re: How to create a relative shortcut ? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-09-03 16:35 +0200
            Re: How to create a relative shortcut ? Schugo <schugo@schugo.de> - 2025-09-03 16:49 +0200
              Re: How to create a relative shortcut ? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-09-03 19:19 +0200
                Re: How to create a relative shortcut ? Schugo <schugo@schugo.de> - 2025-09-03 21:32 +0200
                Re: How to create a relative shortcut ? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-09-04 07:59 +0200
          Re: How to create a relative shortcut ? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-09-04 02:04 +0100
      Re: How to create a relative shortcut ? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-09-03 09:02 +0100
        Re: How to create a relative shortcut ? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-09-03 13:26 +0200
          Re: How to create a relative shortcut ? Jakob Bohm <egenagwemdimtapsar@jbohm.dk> - 2025-09-04 09:17 +0200
            Re: How to create a relative shortcut ? malxau <address@is.invalid> - 2026-03-22 17:50 +0000
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    Re: How to create a relative shortcut ? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-09-03 21:22 +0200
      Re: How to create a relative shortcut ? Schugo <schugo@schugo.de> - 2025-09-03 22:52 +0200
        Re: How to create a relative shortcut ? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-09-04 09:02 +0200
          Re: How to create a relative shortcut ? Schugo <schugo@schugo.de> - 2025-09-04 15:39 +0200
            Re: How to create a relative shortcut ? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-09-04 16:11 +0200
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                Re: How to create a relative shortcut ? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-09-04 17:32 +0200
            Re: How to create a relative shortcut ? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-09-05 09:34 +0200
              Re: How to create a relative shortcut ? Schugo <schugo@schugo.de> - 2025-09-05 15:54 +0200
                Re: How to create a relative shortcut ? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-09-05 17:05 +0200
                Re: How to create a relative shortcut ? Schugo <schugo@schugo.de> - 2025-09-05 17:31 +0200
                Re: How to create a relative shortcut ? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-09-05 18:09 +0200
          Re: How to create a relative shortcut ? Schugo <schugo@schugo.de> - 2025-09-04 15:57 +0200
    Re: How to create a relative shortcut ? JJ <jj4public@outlook.com> - 2025-09-04 03:03 +0700
  Re: How to create a relative shortcut ? Schugo <schugo@schugo.de> - 2025-09-03 21:54 +0200
    Re: How to create a relative shortcut ? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-09-04 08:22 +0200
      Re: How to create a relative shortcut ? Jakob Bohm <egenagwemdimtapsar@jbohm.dk> - 2025-09-04 10:19 +0200
  Re: How to create a relative shortcut ? JJ <jj4public@outlook.com> - 2025-09-04 03:01 +0700
    Re: How to create a relative shortcut ? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-09-04 08:50 +0200
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    Re: How to create a relative shortcut ? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-09-04 09:16 +0200
  Re: How to create a relative shortcut ? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-09-05 21:05 +0200
    Re: How to create a relative shortcut ? Schugo <schugo@schugo.de> - 2025-09-06 18:58 +0200

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