Re: How to create a relative shortcut ?

Schugo <[email protected]> Thu, 4 Sep 2025 16:26:22 +0200

Newsgroups	comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32,alt.comp.os.windows-xp,alt.windows7.general
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

On 04.09.2025 16:11, R.Wieser wrote:
> Schugo,
> 
>> It works!
>> The magic happens after "File not found",
> 
> I already posted to you why that will not always work.
> 
> Furthermore, what you describe is what a standard shortcut already does - 
> but only when you actually try to open the target, not when you read the 
> shortcuts stored paths.

if you think so... works fine for me.

BTW: here I found some source code to create a .lnk file

https://github.com/ElektroStudios/Easy-Link-File-Viewer/releases/tag/v1.7

And this tool also saves the relative paths correctly. Also works with a
changed drive letter.

If you create a shortcut with the windows UI there are no correct relative
paths, like you said. Just look with a hex editor!

ciao...