XPost: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32, alt.windows7.general   
   From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Tue, 9/2/2025 7:34 PM, J. P. Gilliver wrote:   
   > On 2025/9/2 10:36:46, R.Wieser wrote:   
   >> Hello all,   
   >>   
   >> I'm trying to create relative shortcuts* (for use on a removable USB   
   >> harddisk) and can't seem to find out how it works.   
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   >> * the target of the link is relative to the location of the link itself.   
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   > I'm puzzled; don't . and .. work in shortcuts?   
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   A shortcut is designed to be copied or moved anywhere.   
      
   If the shortcut icon is sitting on the desktop, and   
   it says ..\programname.exe , that's not going to work.   
      
   If the shortcut icon uses an absolute path, then it can be copied   
   or moved anywhere. If the Original file is moved (somewhere), you   
   are required to create a new Shortcut (new absolute path).   
      
   If you want a file to appear in two places (on the same partition),   
   then mklink or junction.exe might work. Then, the item is no longer   
   a shortcut, it's a file, and it looks like a file icon. A hardlink   
   of a file can be moved to the desktop, 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.   
      
   Right now, the betting money is on a shortcut with an absolute   
   path inside it. Then, the executable that is loaded, is loaded   
   from the same folders as where the DLLs are located (right next   
   to the EXE).   
      
   *******   
      
   The rules are different for Metro.App , but the newsgroup   
   list does not hint that this is a requirement.   
      
   # A folder full of scum and villainy (mixed types are present)   
      
   explorer.exe shell:AppsFolder   
      
   # These are two shortcuts, compared.   
   # I might even find both of these in AppsFolder (on a newer OS).   
      
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      Paul   
      
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