Allen
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2015-06-26 12:22 AM
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Rename Desktop Shortcut without Moving its Physical Location
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I have been renaming some desktop shortcuts and have come across a problem when it renames the files, it does not put the file back in its original location on the desktop. In other words, lets say the file is located in the upper right hand corner of the desktop. Upon rename, the file is moved to the first location available starting from the left.
Anyone have any ideas on how I might preserve the physical location data?
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Allen
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2015-06-26 12:23 AM
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Re: Rename Desktop Shortcut without Moving its Physical Location
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Oh I tried using the built in Move, and shelling with REN. Both work to rename the file, but both move the files from the physical location on the desktop.
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Allen
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2015-06-26 12:55 AM
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Re: Rename Desktop Shortcut without Moving its Physical Location
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I found the following utility that will save the layout of the desktop, but once I rename the file it won't know where to put it... even has command line options... sigh...
DesktopOK -
http://www.softwareok.com/?Freeware/DesktopOK
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Re: Rename Desktop Shortcut without Moving its Physical Location
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Gorilla Glue? 
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Allen
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2015-06-26 01:49 AM
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Re: Rename Desktop Shortcut without Moving its Physical Location
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I got plenty of that in the synapse of my brain. Never thought to apply it the desktop... Wow, just realized I can use White out on the screen too. Fixed!
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Re: Rename Desktop Shortcut without Moving its Physical Location
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Wow - Glad I could help!
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Allen
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2015-06-29 07:02 PM
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Re: Rename Desktop Shortcut without Moving its Physical Location
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Do I have everyone stumped? Surely we can overcome this design flaw.
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Lonkero
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2015-06-29 08:00 PM
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Re: Rename Desktop Shortcut without Moving its Physical Location
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Wonder if shell-object would do it different...
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Allen
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2015-06-29 11:28 PM
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Re: Rename Desktop Shortcut without Moving its Physical Location
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Do you mean Shell.Application and use the Verbs? If so I looked into that, but didnt find any examples to use the Rename Verb. In the past when I have used the verbs you picked the one you wanted and used .doit method.
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Lonkero
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2015-06-30 02:00 AM
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Re: Rename Desktop Shortcut without Moving its Physical Location
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$shell=createobject("shell.application")
$file=$Shell.namespace($file).self
$file.name = "new name.lnk"
Maybe?
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Allen
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2015-06-30 02:47 AM
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Re: Rename Desktop Shortcut without Moving its Physical Location
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hmmmm...
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Allen
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2015-06-30 04:18 AM
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Re: Rename Desktop Shortcut without Moving its Physical Location
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Didn't work, but you got me in the right direction... more to come. Thanks man. 
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Allen
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2015-06-30 11:33 PM
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Re: Rename Desktop Shortcut without Moving its Physical Location
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This little basta took a lot of time to get working properly. I doubt anyone will ever use it besides me, but posted to the UDFS. Enjoy.
RenameDesktopItem() -
http://www.kixtart.org/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=210378#Post210378
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NTDOC
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2015-07-01 02:36 AM
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Re: Rename Desktop Shortcut without Moving its Physical Location
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Great, thanks for sharing Allen. One never knows. Might not need it today but no one knows what the future holds. Always good to have an arsenal of tools and ideas available.
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