Re: How to create a relative shortcut ?

On 05.09.2025 21:05, R.Wieser wrote:
> "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.
> 
> It looks like I ran head-first into some "over-engenering".  :-(
> 
> As I could not find any way to create a relative shortcut using the 
> IShellLink object, I took a better look at the Shortcut file itself. And 
> going on a hunch, I was able to solve the problem in the most basic way ever 
> : by manually creating a shortcut file.
> 
> It turns out that writing the header with only the "HasRelativePath" flag 
> set and than the desired (counted-length) relative path followed by four 
> bytes all Zero (as the end of extras list of blocks) does the trick.
> 
> Adding other strings (arguments, working directory, description) the same 
> way also works.
> 
> One downside though : when going into the properties and changing the target 
> causes the shortcut to revert to its normal, absolute paths format.
> 
> ... At least, here on my XPsp3 machine.

congrats! good to know.

ciao..