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Portable Shortcuts on Windows

Fresh3 days ago
Mar 15, 20266425 views
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Problem

I can't figure out how to create shortcuts that don't care where they are mounted. For example, on my flash drive, I want to run CCleaner or Notepad++ in my college classroom. The problem is, a shortcut (at least with default settings) doesn't work reliably because it is tied to the same drive it w…

Error Output

Root\Portable Applications\Program Data\CCleaner\ccleaner.exe

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Fix for: Portable Shortcuts on Windows

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Instead of using a shortcut you could create a batch file that uses a root relative path to the exe file. e.g. for your example The batch file should then work from anywhere on the USB drive, whatever the drive letter.

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