Re: How to create a relative shortcut ?

On 02.09.2025 11:36, R.Wieser wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I'm trying to create relative shortcuts* (for use on a removable USB 
> harddisk) and can't seem to find out how it works.
> 
> * the target of the link is relative to the location of the link itself.
> 
> I'm programming against the IShellLink interface ( 
> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/shobjidl_core/nn-shobjidl_core-ishelllinka) , 
> which suggests a relative path is possible (SetRelativePath), but I'm not 
> able to get it to work or find code explaining how to do it.
> 
> I did find this : 
> https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20171019-00/?p=97247 , but I'm 
> not even sure if that is what I'm after ... :-|
> 
> Question: does someone have an example to what I'm supposed to do to make it 
> happen ?

or 2nd idea: a little app launcher .exe with only a listbox
with a list of apps and a start button, then ShellEx with
relative path.

ciao...