XPost: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32, alt.windows7.general   
   From: schugo@schugo.de   
      
   On 02.09.2025 11:36, R.Wieser wrote:   
   > ...   
   > I did find this :   
   > https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20171019-00/?p=97247 , but I'm   
   > not even sure if that is what I'm after ... :-|   
      
   however, there he claims the relative path is already in any .lnk,   
   but not used, because LINKINFO and LINKTRACK is used first.   
      
   "Normal shortcuts already remember the target’s location relative to the   
   shortcut itself. However, the relative path is not used until other avenues   
   have been exhausted. To give the relative path more prominence, let’s disable   
   the other avenues."   
      
   so you have to add these 2 flags   
      
   SLDF_FORCE_NO_LINKINFO   
   SLDF_FORCE_NO_LINKTRACK   
      
   with   
      
   IShellLinkDataList::SetFlags   
   https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/shobjidl_cor   
   /nf-shobjidl_core-ishelllinkdatalist-setflags   
      
   ciao...   
      
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