XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, comp.os.msdos.programmer, alt.comp.freeware   
   From: a.g.holder@holder.net   
      
   On Thu, 29 Aug 2019 19:04:39 +0200, B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson wrote:   
      
   > None. A shortcut isn't a shell, but a defined structure to information   
   > resolvable as a command string to a *single program* with parameters:   
      
   Hi Bear,   
      
   We go way back, over the years, where you're always purposefully helpful.   
      
   Hence thanks for your purposefully helpful added value to the Potluck.   
   o Linking to a launcher is EXACTLY what we did to SOLVE the stated problem.   
      
   Bear in mind, it's extremely useful, particularly for encrypted file   
   containers, to be able to mount and unmount ALL of them, instantly.   
      
   > As long as you do not wish to link to script files, which of course could   
   > execute several commands, your only other option would be to link to a   
   > launcher program, that is able to execute several commands listed as its   
   > command line arguments.   
      
   The goal, always, is efficiency & part of efficiency is portability, where   
   NOT having to create, maintain, and port batch files is useful.   
      
   Also, having a shortcut on the taskbar that doesn't require anything else   
   to run, or having a Start > Run command in the registry that also doesn't   
   require anything else to run - is useful - particularly given the goal is   
   efficiently quick mounting and dismounting of ALL encrypted file containers   
   in a single operation.   
      
   > You can use the cmd shell as such a launcher, e.g.:   
   >   
   > cmd.exe /c notepad C:\Temp\1.txt && notepad C:\Temp\2.txt   
   > cmd.exe /c notepad C:\Temp\1.txt & notepad C:\Temp\2.txt   
   > cmd.exe /c start notepad C:\Temp\1.txt & notepad C:\Temp\2.txt   
   >   
   > The first version starts the second command only if the first command   
   > succeeded successfully. The second version starts the second command   
   > when the first completed (successful or not). The third version starts   
   > the second command directly after starting the first (while the first   
   > is still running).   
      
   Yup. Thanks for your purposefully helpful on-topic suggestion, which is the   
   only one known to man that fits the stated problem set (AFAIK).   
      
   I figured what you already knew out after Grant kindly told me to stop   
   wasting time trying to get the ampersand syntax to work in the TARGET all   
   by itself.   
      
   Then, when I looked up the old "grep" rolodex command tutorial we created,   
   and when I then saw the old "open the admin command window with big fonts &   
   a red background" tutorials from years ago that we wrote, I instantly   
   remembered and realized we used the compec with an added switch whenever we   
   found that we couldn't nest commands in the Windows shortcut TARGET line:   
      
   That is, this failed in the shortcut TARGET line:   
   o cmd1 & cmd2   
      
   This worked in the shortcut TARGET line:   
   o %comspec% /k cmd1 & cmd2   
   o %comspec% /c cmd1 & cmd2   
      
   Where the commands could have been anything, e.g.,   
   o TARGET = %comspec% /k date /T > sys.txt & ipconfig /all >> sys.txt & route   
   print >> sys.txt & netsh int ip show route >> sys.txt & systeminfo >> sys.txt   
   & net start >> sys.txt & dir /s/a/l/on/b C:\ *.* >> sys.txt   
      
   But where, in this situation of mounting encrypted file containers, it was:   
   o TARGET = %comspec% /k VeraCrypt /volume X.hc /letter X /auto /quit /explore   
   & VeraCrypt /volume Y.hc /letter Y /auto /quit /explore   
      
   NOTE: The Truecrypt "beep" switch doesn't seem to work with Veracrypt.   
   %comspec% /k Truecrypt /volume X.tc /letter X /auto /quit /explore /beep &   
   Truecrypt /volume Y.tc /letter Y /auto /quit /explore /beep   
      
   NOTE: The Veracrypt applications has switches to unmount all containers:   
   o TARGET = VeraCrypt /dismount /force   
      
   In summary, this problem set has been SOLVED - thanks to you & Grant.   
      
   Over the years, we've all grown to know who brings purposefully helpful   
   added value to the Usenet potluck, where I appreciate your post, and that   
   from Grant Taylor, both of which were adult purposefully helpful posts   
   which brought value to share with the interested Windows community, such   
   that we can now easily mount and dismount all the encrypted file containers   
   with an efficient single TARGET line of nested Veracrypt/Truecrypt   
   commands.   
      
   --   
   I will not respond further to the worthless child-like trolls Rudy Wieser   
   and Mayayana, both of whom not only posted dead wrong information, but   
   neither of whom had any intent of purposefully adding adult value.   
      
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