copy shortcuts to another computer

[Ed]

Hello,

I have a bunch of shortcuts that point to photo files. I know that if I
move the shortcut around on my computer that it will still point to the
original file correctly.

I sometimes use shortcuts to organize files. For instance, I have photos
shattered across many directories. Sometimes, I want to sort out a subset
and view them all in the same directory. I accomplish this with shortcuts.

However, I now have a need to copy this collection of photos, organized as
shortcuts, to another computer. Obviously shortcuts will not work between
computers if there is no network.

So, is there a way that I can tell Windows to copy NOT the shortcut, but the
underlying file, to the other computer. Actually, in my case, I am copying
the files first to a memory stick and then onto the remote computer.

It seems like Windows should have a "Paste Original File" feature which
allows you to Copy/Cut a shortcut and then paste, not the shortcut, but the
file it points to.

Thanks for the help.

Ed

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

Well, Windows Does have a way to do it, but it's not Default behavior. A
Windows Host script could be written that opens the shortcuts, and copies
the target to the needed folder. How that script did it would depend on
source, destination, etc, so any example I might offer would not help with
specifics like that.

The Script Center Script Repository:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/scripts/default.mspx
Files:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/scripts/storage/files/default.mspx
Shortcut:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/script56/html/wsObjWshShortcut.asp?frame=true

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

Well, Windows Does have a way to do it, but it's not Default behavior. A
Windows Host script could be written that opens the shortcuts, and copies
the target to the needed folder. How that script did it would depend on
source, destination, etc, so any example I might offer would not help with
specifics like that.

Hi

Ed and myself is having a thread going on now about this.

Subject on the thread is "need help with a VBScript - copies files
behind links to another location"