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   R.Wieser to All   
   Re: How to create a relative shortcut ?   
   05 Sep 25 09:34:25   
   
   XPost: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32, alt.windows7.general   
   From: address@is.invalid   
      
   Shugo,   
      
   Another thing :   
      
   [quote=you]   
   The magic happens after "File not found", when you point   
   it to the file, the .lnk is updated with realtive paths.   
   [/quote]   
      
   Are you *sure* that the result is again a relative path (to the target), and   
   not an absolute path as it normally contains ?   As the shortcut-creating   
   program doesn't seem to work for me, can you check ?   
      
   The thing is, if the standard resolving by the OS of a relative shortcut   
   created by that program results in a shortcut with absolute paths again than   
   its no good for me* - it has to /stay/ relative.   
      
   * and I don't need to put effort into finding such a program for my OS or   
   trying to generate such a shortcut file myself.   
      
   Regards,   
   Rudy Wieser   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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