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Running shortcut from command prompt without the .lnk extension (Windows)

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Mar 15, 20265361 views

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I have created a folder (d:\shortcuts), created shortcuts for most applications in this folder and appended the folder path to the Path environment variable. Now all my applications are available from run and command window without messing around with Path. However, I now have to type the name of t…

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Fix for: Running shortcut from command prompt without the .lnk extension (Windows)

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adjust the environment to include : by using the suffices given in cmd decides, what kind of files are launchables.

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Running shortcut from command prompt without the .lnk extension (Windows)

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Fix for: Running shortcut from command prompt without the .lnk extension (Windows)

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