XPost: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32, alt.windows7.general   
   From: address@is.invalid   
      
   Paul,   
      
   > A shortcut is designed to be copied or moved anywhere.   
      
   And, as it looks now, their *only* goal.    I can imagine using a full path   
   as the default, but ignoring relative paths is just a "it works for us"   
   short-sighteness.   
      
   ... unless you have a good reason why relative paths would not be possible ?   
      
   > If the Original file is moved (somewhere), you are required to create   
   > a new Shortcut (new absolute path).   
      
   Nope.  It will try to find the target itself, but gives you the option to   
   browse for it.   
      
   I could easily do without that behaviour (its search method is opaque) and   
   just get an "target has gone" error.  Have not seen any configuration for   
   that though.   
      
   > If you want a file to appear in two places (on the same partition),   
   > then mklink or junction.exe might work.   
      
   Hard links do not work on FAT32 (thumb)drives.   And neither program exists   
   on my OS (XPsp3).   
      
   > but when the program "works out where it is", as some programs   
   > do, it is going to find that it is not located in the portable   
   > folder where all the DLLs are located.   
      
   :-) Pros and cons.  They have to be weighted.   
      
   > Right now, the betting money is on a shortcut with an absolute   
   > path inside it.   
      
   Not usable on a removable (thumb)drive I'm afraid.   
      
   ... hence my (subject-line) question.   
      
   Regards,   
   Rudy Wieser   
      
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