?reference current directory in Shortcut

[Ross]

Problem: I need to run a slide show program off of
removable media, and will not know what drive letter
might be assigned. Program will reside on same removable
media with the pictures in a subdirectory. We are using
this for conferences in which pictures from different
cases are loaded to the subdirectory each week.

I have everything working, except I cannot find a way to
create a shortcut that will allow a reference to a
current directory, not a specific drive letter. I am
using a shortcut, because the program being run is
controlled by a command line.

Perhaps I should lose the shortcut an creat a script
file. I have done bat files on MS-Dos, but not script
files on the current windows operating systems.

Any advice appreciated!!

Thanks,

Ross

 

[Dave Patrick]

No idea what you're want to do but the variable %cd% returns the current
drive and directory.

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| Problem: I need to run a slide show program off of
| removable media, and will not know what drive letter
| might be assigned. Program will reside on same removable
| media with the pictures in a subdirectory. We are using
| this for conferences in which pictures from different
| cases are loaded to the subdirectory each week.
|
| I have everything working, except I cannot find a way to
| create a shortcut that will allow a reference to a
| current directory, not a specific drive letter. I am
| using a shortcut, because the program being run is
| controlled by a command line.
|
| Perhaps I should lose the shortcut an creat a script
| file. I have done bat files on MS-Dos, but not script
| files on the current windows operating systems.
|
| Any advice appreciated!!
|
| Thanks,
|
| Ross

 

[Guest]

I was trying to use that in the TARGET property of a
Windows Shortcut, but it does not seem to allow any type
of reference other than a physical drive letter.

Ross

 

[Ricardo M. Urbano - W2K/NT4 MVP]

Problem: I need to run a slide show program off of
removable media, and will not know what drive letter
might be assigned. Program will reside on same removable
media with the pictures in a subdirectory. We are using
this for conferences in which pictures from different
cases are loaded to the subdirectory each week.

I have everything working, except I cannot find a way to
create a shortcut that will allow a reference to a
current directory, not a specific drive letter. I am
using a shortcut, because the program being run is
controlled by a command line.

Perhaps I should lose the shortcut an creat a script
file. I have done bat files on MS-Dos, but not script
files on the current windows operating systems.

Any advice appreciated!!

Thanks,

Ross

Yeah, I would script it. Use the env var DAve gave you. If you're
familiar w/ DOS scipting, NTx scripting is close enough that you can
pick it fairly easily and there is plenty of help.