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Apparently not. I looked it up and .lnk shortcuts can only do direct paths. So is there a third party program I can download that will create shortcuts with a relative path that aren't DOS based?

Is there a way to make windows shortcuts with a relative path?

I am having the same problem with another application. Here is my code.



Not sure if these problems are related. Right now only 1 of the 3 apps have worked with this code.

I have the batch file in the relative directory, but it still doesn't work. I even put the absolute path in the batch file and the same thing still happens. It doesn't make any sense that it works if I make a shortcut in windows, but not when I make one in a batch file.

Update: Tried this method with another application and it worked fine. So, back to the old application--I went the properties of the executable and then the security tab(I'm using Vista) and checked the permissions. Everything was checked except full control and special permissions. So I checked ful...

I am trying to make universal shortcuts for my portable apps using batch files. This way I will not have to worry about the changing drive letters for different computers. I followed the tutorial here m It does not work for me. The program initializes in the taskbar, but then immediately terminates....