On my XP (SP3) PC I'm about to move 'My Documents' from C:\Docs to I:\Docs
(about 500 GB).
Will XP automatically edit the thousands of shortcut links to these files
please?
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4019461/MyDocument-Changing-1.jpg
If it won't do it, there's a program that does change shortcuts and a
couple other things like that, unrelated to whether they have been
moved or not.
I learned of it 16 years ago or so, forgot the name 12 years ago, and
was told again 8 years ago. Now, what is it? It's a clever name,
very simple interface, runs under win98 and probably win95 and maybe
even 3.1. And under XP. Darn, this is going to bother me.
I don't seem to have it on this computer.
It's meant for when drive letters change, but I think you can just
enter C:\Docs as the from-name and I:\Docs as the to-name and it will
only do the files you want.
Sorry. It was probably in this ng I asked about 6 years ago, but
don't go by date. Use my old name, (e-mail address removed) in the
author field, and words like partition and change in the word field
and maybe you can find the thread. IF you find the thread, someone
gives the answer. The program is free.
There's another program too, but this one is so simple to use.
There might be a way to write a DOS macro, especially if you have TCC
LE (which is free for personal use, and well worth having) that will
edit every shortcut in turn, find the name of the file inside the
shortcut file and change it to I:\Docs...... I can't remember the
names of the DOS newsgroups either. Boy am I in trouble.