shortcut questions

[Anon]

Is it possible to tell Windows to leave out the words "shortcut to" when
making a shortcut?
Is it possible to make shortcuts that refer to a relative position,
without using a drive letter? For example, can I have a shortcut in
c:\foo\ that points to C:\foo\bar\test.txt , without refering to "C:\",
so that the shortcut stays the same if I move foo\ to a different drive?

 

[Ken Blake]

Is it possible to tell Windows to leave out the words "shortcut to"
when making a shortcut?

Yes.
The free Microsoft TweakUI will do this, and many other useful things, for
you.



http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

(if you have SP1 installed)



or



http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

(if you don't have SP1).

The free Microsoft TweakUI will do this, and many other useful things, for
you.



http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

(if you have SP1 or SP2 installed)



or



http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

(if you don't have SP1 or SP2).

Is it possible to make shortcuts that refer to a relative position,
without using a drive letter? For example, can I have a shortcut in
c:\foo\ that points to C:\foo\bar\test.txt , without refering to
"C:\", so that the shortcut stays the same if I move foo\ to a
different drive?

No.

 

[Detlev Dreyer]

Is it possible to tell Windows to leave out the words "shortcut to" when
making a shortcut?

Install "TweakUI".
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

TweakUI > Explorer > Prefix "Shortcut to" on new shortcuts > untick.

Is it possible to make shortcuts that refer to a relative position,
without using a drive letter? For example, can I have a shortcut in
c:\foo\ that points to C:\foo\bar\test.txt , without refering to "C:\",
so that the shortcut stays the same if I move foo\ to a different drive?

Nope. The shortcut has to be modified accordingly.