Relative shortcuts

[Guest]

Hi,

I've found other users asking the same question but never found an answer to
this question. Is it possible to create a relative shortcut in windows? I
would like to create a shortcut to an application that will be stored on a
removable drive so an absolute shortcut will always break.

Thanks
Hua-Ying

 

[Guest]

you could use batch files with environment variables. shoot me an email and
i can help you out.

chlumpc AT gmail DOT com

 

[Guest]

Anon,

Thanks for the response and the offer to help. I would like to take a shot
at it myself first, but I'll email you if I get stuck.

Hua-Ying

 

[Guest]

For anyone else who's having this problem:

This is the bat file i'm using to get around the relative shortcuts problem:

cd %CD%
folder1\file.exe

%CD% is the environment variable "current directory"
I wanted to use %CD%\folder1\file.exe but if here is a folder with a space
the this won't work, tried quoting and it still didn't work. If there's a
way around this please let me know.

Thanks,
Hua-Ying