Creating Shotcuts on Removable media.

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Kardon Coupé

Dear All,

Is there anyway to set up a shortcut so that if the external HDD or USB
Flash Drive is put in another machine, and that machine give the drive a
different letter the shortcuts will still work?

I've attempted to try "..\folder\program.exe" but it won't accept that, on
my machine it is a "O:\" drive, on another a "E:\"

Can anybody help me with this little predicament?

Regards
Paul.
 
"Kardon Coupé" <prefer.to@readon.newsgroups> wrote:

>Is there anyway to set up a shortcut so that if the external HDD or USB
>Flash Drive is put in another machine, and that machine give the drive a
>different letter the shortcuts will still work?

The shortcut is on the computer, not the thumb drive. Each machine
will have to have a different shortcut.
 
You could make an Autorun.inf file to run your key on insertion like
this:

[AutoRun]
open=program.exe
Program to run
action=Launch Program Autorun
window text
shell\Folder=Launch Program Right-click
context menu text (\Folder is the program's folder)
shell\Folder\command=program.exe Right-click context
menu command
icon=program.exe Drive
icon
label=Program
Drive label

Karen's Autorun.inf Editor 1.4
Info: http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptautorun.asp
Download: http://www.karenware.com/progs/ptautorun-setup.exe


ju.c



"PD43" <pauld1943@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:bslrv3lptk7378c8dv3uher806771lgtev@4ax.com...
> "Kardon Coupé" <prefer.to@readon.newsgroups> wrote:
>
>>Is there anyway to set up a shortcut so that if the external HDD or
>>USB
>>Flash Drive is put in another machine, and that machine give the drive
>>a
>>different letter the shortcuts will still work?
>
> The shortcut is on the computer, not the thumb drive. Each machine
> will have to have a different shortcut.
 
Is this more readable?

You could make an Autorun.inf file to run your key on insertion
like this:

[AutoRun]
open=program.exe Program to run
action=Launch Program Autorun window text
shell\Folder=Launch Program Right-click context
shell\Folder\command=program.exe Right-click context menu
icon=program.exe Drive icon
label=Program Drive label

Karen's Autorun.inf Editor 1.4
Info: http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptautorun.asp
Download: http://www.karenware.com/progs/ptautorun-setup.exe


ju.c


>
>
> "PD43" <pauld1943@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:bslrv3lptk7378c8dv3uher806771lgtev@4ax.com...
>> "Kardon Coupé" <prefer.to@readon.newsgroups> wrote:
>>
>>>Is there anyway to set up a shortcut so that if the external HDD or
>>>USB
>>>Flash Drive is put in another machine, and that machine give the
>>>drive a
>>>different letter the shortcuts will still work?
>>
>> The shortcut is on the computer, not the thumb drive. Each machine
>> will have to have a different shortcut.
>
 
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