This is a basic Windows XP problem, but I don't know the answer, I'm afraid!
Having copied loads of portable apps into a folder on my USB stick, I created shortcuts to each one outside of the folder, and made the folder invisible. No probs - they all work fine...
...until I take my memstick to another computer, where Windows sees it as a drive with a different letter. The shortcuts point to the apps with an absolute reference, rather than a relative one.
How can I overcome this, please?
RogerDis
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Use a menu like PStart or the PApps menu. Or you'll have to rewrite all your shortcuts as BAT files that use %~d0 to get the current drive letter.
with quicklaunch addon, can be easily integrated in to pam or started with autorun.inf/bat
http://www.noir3d.com/portableSuite/
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Thanks for that, both of you. I'll try what you suggest!