Shortcuts on a CD

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I'm trying to create a series of shortcuts to items for a MultiMedia CD that
I'm creating. I try to make it easy for people to use so I create a
directory for shortcuts to items on the CD that I want them to access. Then
have the autoplay open up that directory so they have access to everything on
the CD.

How do I create a shortcut that will work on whatever drive that they have
assigned on their system. FOr example, my CD is drive M:\ when I put the CD
into a system with a different drive letter assignment, the shortcut does not
work.

Is there a way to use the label of the CD? Something else?

thanx. mark
 
Mark Kyprianou said:
I'm trying to create a series of shortcuts to items for a MultiMedia CD
that
I'm creating. I try to make it easy for people to use so I create a
directory for shortcuts to items on the CD that I want them to access.
Then
have the autoplay open up that directory so they have access to everything
on
the CD.

How do I create a shortcut that will work on whatever drive that they have
assigned on their system. FOr example, my CD is drive M:\ when I put the
CD
into a system with a different drive letter assignment, the shortcut does
not
work.

Is there a way to use the label of the CD? Something else?

thanx. mark
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Here is a start, you need a cmd or a bat file that will run as the autorun
file that has the *one& lines in it. And you need a *blank* file called
CD.txt on the cd.
 
Mark said:
I'm trying to create a series of shortcuts to items for a MultiMedia CD that
I'm creating. I try to make it easy for people to use so I create a
directory for shortcuts to items on the CD that I want them to access. Then
have the autoplay open up that directory so they have access to everything on
the CD.

How do I create a shortcut that will work on whatever drive that they have
assigned on their system. FOr example, my CD is drive M:\ when I put the CD
into a system with a different drive letter assignment, the shortcut does not
work.

Is there a way to use the label of the CD? Something else?

thanx. mark
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Try using relative paths like "\" ".." and "."

Example:

Shortcut is in folder \Shortcuts

Target is in folder \Media

use \media\target.mov for path/filename
 
WTC said:
Here is a start, you need a cmd or a bat file that will run as the autorun
file that has the *one& lines in it. And you need a *blank* file called
CD.txt on the cd.

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FOR %%i IN (D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) DO IF EXIST
%%i:\CD.txt SET CDROM=%%i:

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NOTE: the above is all one line.

Then in your path for the shortcuts use %CDROM%
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I created the bat file above ok, but I cannot put %CDROM% in the shortcut.
I always get errors, like:
The name '%CDROM%\test.txt' specified in the Target box is not valid. Make
sure the path and file name are correct. How ccan I put the variable name in
the shortcut window?

Also, can I put multiple commands in the autorun file?
 
Mark Kyprianou said:
I created the bat file above ok, but I cannot put %CDROM% in the shortcut.
I always get errors, like:
The name '%CDROM%\test.txt' specified in the Target box is not valid.
Make
sure the path and file name are correct. How ccan I put the variable name
in
the shortcut window?

Also, can I put multiple commands in the autorun file?
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Sorry about that, I know there is a way, I cannot seem to remember on how to
do the shortcut. It has been a long time since I have done something like
that. I will try and make a CD, then come back and tell you how I did it.

Have you tried goggle searches?
 
Mark Kyprianou said:
I created the bat file above ok, but I cannot put %CDROM% in the shortcut.
I always get errors, like:
The name '%CDROM%\test.txt' specified in the Target box is not valid.
Make
sure the path and file name are correct. How ccan I put the variable name
in
the shortcut window?

Also, can I put multiple commands in the autorun file?
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Yes you can, have the autorun file point to a bat file. Then the bat file
would have the multiple commands.

You could make a HTML page that opens when your CDROM is inserted and have
the links as your shortcut. I think this would be easier.
 
RobertVA said:
Try using relative paths like "\" ".." and "."

Example:

Shortcut is in folder \Shortcuts

Target is in folder \Media

use \media\target.mov for path/filename
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You cannot enter a relative file path into the shortcut definition. It
always gives an error. Have you tried the above? If so what an I doing
wrong? Not in DOS, but RMB on a shortcut and try to set the target to a
relative path or use a variable...
 
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