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#122994 - 2004-07-15 12:13 PM My shortcuts are too 'intelligent'
Jochen Jochen KiX Supporter Registered: 2000-03-17 Posts: 6380 Loc: Stuttgart, Germany	Hi there, I know there was a solution to this but can't find it here ... I am trying to create a shortcut for a script to be written. the shortcut is residing in the root folder of the script. It should start '%0\..\bin\wkix32.exe %0\..\scripts\myscript.kx' Clever as the system is, it translates %0\..\ to the full path in my environment as soon as I finish the creation manually So the script is no longer portable. I know there was a program to make shortcuts dumb as a brick, but can't remember what this was. Any help ? Thanx _________________________
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#122995 - 2004-07-15 12:46 PM Re: My shortcuts are too 'intelligent'
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	dunno about yours but simple, create shortcut, path %windir%\notepad.exe it didn't translate it to anything. _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#122996 - 2004-07-15 12:48 PM Re: My shortcuts are too 'intelligent'
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	and if you are wanting to have %0 sounds like you don't really want the path there. so, get rid of that. _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#122997 - 2004-07-15 12:57 PM Re: My shortcuts are too 'intelligent'
NTDOC NTDOC Administrator Registered: 2000-07-28 Posts: 11628 Loc: CA	Not sure Jochen but perhaps give one of these articles a try. HOW TO: Disable the NTFS File System Tracking of Broken Shortcut Links http://support.microsoft.com/?ID=299780 Shortcuts Created Under Windows NT 4.0 Resolve to UNC Paths http://support.microsoft.com/?ID=158682 Disabling Automatic Network Shortcut Resolution http://support.microsoft.com/?id=150215 Do your shortcuts attempt to resolve to another computer? http://www.jsiinc.com/suba/tip0100/rh0177.htm
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#122998 - 2004-07-15 01:44 PM Re: My shortcuts are too 'intelligent'
Jochen Jochen KiX Supporter Registered: 2000-03-17 Posts: 6380 Loc: Stuttgart, Germany	well, basically it seems that it doesn't allow %0\..\ things if shortcut is created by hand ... What I really want to do is to start the friggin script without any cmd file nor the resulting dos box PLUS it should start from that shortcut no matter where the folder with the script is located. So if I create a shortcut it always translates the target to my file structure read (d:\scripts\bla\bla\wkix32.exe). Thus the shortcut will get useless when I move the folder to another computer _________________________
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#122999 - 2004-07-15 03:16 PM Re: My shortcuts are too 'intelligent'
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	not tested but how does it worky with: program: wkix32 script.kix start in: blank _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#123000 - 2004-07-15 03:19 PM Re: My shortcuts are too 'intelligent'
Shawn Shawn Administrator Registered: 1999-08-13 Posts: 8611	cappy, your thinking about making the shortcut "stupid" and one does that with the old SHORTCUT.EXE reskit tool, and the /S switch. But that switch made it stupid from a "which hostname to run from" standpoint - what your doing is different. I would like to know the answer to your question too.
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#123001 - 2004-07-15 04:07 PM Re: My shortcuts are too 'intelligent'
Jochen Jochen KiX Supporter Registered: 2000-03-17 Posts: 6380 Loc: Stuttgart, Germany	re Lonk: That would probably search wkix32 in the known paths re Shawn : yeah, that was exactly what came to my mind but I didn't remember that it only stupidizes on a host point of view ... Hmmm ... if one knows the answer please lemme know _________________________
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#123002 - 2004-07-15 04:18 PM Re: My shortcuts are too 'intelligent'
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	k, then you can do what I do. rename wkix32.exe to yourproggy.exe and your script to kixtart.kix _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#123003 - 2004-07-15 04:48 PM Re: My shortcuts are too 'intelligent'
Jochen Jochen KiX Supporter Registered: 2000-03-17 Posts: 6380 Loc: Stuttgart, Germany	still it would be not portable then, because of the unknown folder structure _________________________
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#123004 - 2004-07-15 04:57 PM Re: My shortcuts are too 'intelligent'
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	eh? what you would mean by that? do you say that the shortcut is only a start, neither your script is portable? _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#123005 - 2004-07-15 05:20 PM Re: My shortcuts are too 'intelligent'
Richard H. Richard H. Administrator Registered: 2000-01-24 Posts: 4946 Loc: Leatherhead, Surrey, UK	Maybe create the shortcut programatically to avoid the "helpfulness" of the GUI, and avoid specifying the path altogether?
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#123006 - 2004-07-15 05:51 PM Re: My shortcuts are too 'intelligent'
Jochen Jochen KiX Supporter Registered: 2000-03-17 Posts: 6380 Loc: Stuttgart, Germany	Maybe being more precise will help: The folder the shortcut resides is 'Grp_Import_Export'. The 'path' to wkix32 would be '%0\..\bin\wkix32' and the 'path' to the script would be '%0\..\scripts\nameofscript.kx' assuming the thing to start in '%0\..\' tried with makescut, but failed Thanx for all replies by now [edit: uhh... I was precise in my first post, sorry] Edited by Jochen (2004-07-15 05:52 PM) _________________________
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#123007 - 2004-07-16 09:51 AM Re: My shortcuts are too 'intelligent'
Richard H. Richard H. Administrator Registered: 2000-01-24 Posts: 4946 Loc: Leatherhead, Surrey, UK	Have you tried without the "%0"? IIRC this is a kludge for scripts in the netlogon share which you have to use because is is not your "current working directory". Simple relative paths "..\foo\bar.exe" should be sufficient in most cases.
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#123008 - 2004-07-16 11:16 AM Re: My shortcuts are too 'intelligent'
Jochen Jochen KiX Supporter Registered: 2000-03-17 Posts: 6380 Loc: Stuttgart, Germany	thanx again, but this results also in invalid path messages _________________________
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#123009 - 2004-07-16 11:39 AM Re: My shortcuts are too 'intelligent'
Richard H. Richard H. Administrator Registered: 2000-01-24 Posts: 4946 Loc: Leatherhead, Surrey, UK	Hmm... I've just re-read your first post. If the shortcut is in the root of this directory so that the structure is: Code: -ROOT [contains myshortcut.lnk] \| \|--BIN [contains Kix32.exe] \| \|--SCRIPTS [contains myscript.exe] The the shortcut should be either: Code: BIN\kix32.exe SCRIPTS\myscript.kix Or, if you must force a relative path: Code: .\BIN\kix32.exe .\SCRIPTS\myscript.kix You shouldn't be referring to a parent directory at any point.
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#123010 - 2004-07-16 11:41 AM Re: My shortcuts are too 'intelligent'
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	richard, have you tested that those worky? tried it both ways yesterday with no luck. _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#123011 - 2004-07-16 11:52 AM Re: My shortcuts are too 'intelligent'
Jochen Jochen KiX Supporter Registered: 2000-03-17 Posts: 6380 Loc: Stuttgart, Germany	Quote: Code: -ROOT [contains myshortcut.lnk] \| \|--BIN [contains Kix32.exe] \| \|--SCRIPTS [contains myscript.exe] that is exactly the given situation ... sad thing that none of your suggestions worked _________________________
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#123012 - 2004-07-16 03:04 PM Re: My shortcuts are too 'intelligent'
Shawn Shawn Administrator Registered: 1999-08-13 Posts: 8611	cappy, try changing the shortcut property "start in:" to point to a relative path (hopefully that includes an env var) that contains your kixscript. Have you tried that yet ? -Shawn
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#123013 - 2004-07-16 03:10 PM Re: My shortcuts are too 'intelligent'
Kdyer Kdyer KiX Supporter Registered: 2001-01-03 Posts: 6241 Loc: Tigard, OR	Hmmm.. Tried this by.. (1) Clearing out the "Start in" line (2) Input the following - \bin\wkix32.exe \myscripts\myscript.kix Tell everything ok and look at the shortcut, and it shows: C:\bin\wkix32.exe \myscripts\myscript.kix HTH, Kent _________________________ Utilize these resources: UDFs (Full List) KiXtart FAQ & How to's
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