Re: How to create a relative shortcut ?

On 9/2/2025 5:36 AM, 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 ?
> 
> Regards,
> Rudy Wieser
> 

For Win 11:
Make a batch file that has a list of the items you want to find.
Manually select the item and have batch enter its name into "Quick 
Search" in task bar and followed with a CR and search result will 
include present location of the item