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I'm fairly sure if you put a shortcut on a cd it'll be set to use the drive
letter *that* cd-rom uses on *that* machine, at *that* time.
A couple of years ago I wrote a batch that I put on a cd, that was launched
by an autorun.inf, for the purpose of opening a menu of the contents of that
cd.
Once launched, the batch searched for a file that was on the same cd
(requires a unique name), and assigned the drive it found it on, to the
variable %CDROM% (in a similar way as the DOS boot disk routine does when
you select cd-rom support).
Thereafter any path beginning %CDROM% would be treated as being on the cd. I
suspect, however, that on making shortcuts, *%CDROM%* will either not be
accepted, or will be automatically altered to the actual drive letter.
I was running batch files and/or vb scripts. You can of course write scripts
to launch various applications and to have, eg Adobe Acrobat launch a .pdf,
Internet Explorer open an .htm, Notepad open a .txt. The commercial cds you
refer to probably use visual basic scripts or compiled executables.
Shane
"ForestSpirit" <seamaid24-graphics@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> The small portable shortcuts were mainly intended for the non-C drives (my
> second hard drive) and for CDs that I make. They are shortcuts to files
from
> one part of a CD to another, or one part of a hard drive to another -
> regardless of drive letter. They are not shortcuts from hard drive to CD
or
> CD to hard drive. I guess I'm not explaining this well. Maybe an
autorun.inf
> file or some other kind of batch file like that does the shortcuts. I may
> need a utility to help me write it. Third-party icon programs make
portable
> shortcuts that stay with the drive/CD regardless of drive letter.
Companies
> have been making data CDs for years, so there must be a way to do it.
Rather
> than duplicating the same file more than once on the CD in different
> folders, they have some type of shortcut to go directly to one file in one
> folder from multiple locations to save space. That's what I want to do on
> the on my D drive and on my CDs. When I burn those files to CD, the
> shortcuts still need to be valid but point to the corresponding place on
the
> CD, not to the hard drive because that particular hard drive might not
> always be connected. Backing up my data before attempting this
partitioning
> and XP install is paramount. I want to minimize duplication.
>
> The DSL must be shared among all computers, so the network MUST function
and
> be available to all the Win9x nodes (95a, 98se, Me) regardless of whether
I
> am booted in Me or XP. I am the network administrator, but as you can see
> I'm no expert. I'm a beginning-intermediate-advanced user trying to do
this
> on her own. My skills vary in different areas. Some areas I'm more
> knowledgeable about than others. I know a lot about 9x but very little
about
> DOS and XP. We can't afford to have someone come in here and set this up
for
> us.
>
> We do not use Internet Connection Sharing that comes with Windows. The
> router automatically coordinates the sharing and assigns IP addresses.
When
> I get so far as the XP networking wizard I will visit the XP networking
> forum for those questions. But from what we remember about that wizard, it
> asked if we wanted to share internet access. If we answer yes, I think
that
> sets up Internet Connection Sharing. If we answer no, I think it does not.
> We can't have ICS. It is not compatible with my router/ISP. Each computer
> needs to share the DSL but also to be able to use its own dial-up modem to
> connect to the internet on its own, if necessary. If there are web sites
you
> could point me to for further help with setting up a peer-to-peer network
in
> XP for 9x computers, that would be great.
>
> NTFS does sound more secure, but I am terrified that if I choose that file
> system, the Win9x network will no longer work, the DSL will no longer be
> shared, printers and CD/DVD drives can no longer be shared, and files can
no
> longer be shared with the non-NTFS drives/partitions when I am booted in
XP.
> Similarly, I wonder if printers and drives will be shared or not. I'm
> wondering how the user-level access will change our current network when
I'm
> in Me. Someone mentioned Browse Master or LM Host. I need a place to look
up
> what those settings should be in each node. Will the XP networking forum
be
> the place to ask how to set up users and nodes in XP and the other
> computers?
>
> Finally, which is better:
> 1. Partition Magic/Boot Magic
> 2. BootIt
>
> I only intend to buy one of these products. Partition Magic was my first
> choice, but it BootIt is better, I'll get it instead. Similarly, if I buy
> BootIt, should I also buy Imaging for Windows? There is a discount if you
> buy them both as a bundle. Do BootIt and Imaging both function together as
a
> replacement for Norton Ghost and Partition Magic/Boot Magic?
>
>
> "John John" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
> news:uoDLlG1GFHA.3068@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Well explained Shane. With regards to FAT32 vs NTFS and XP, if the pc
> is to be a family or multi user pc I would recommend using NTFS for its
> security/permision and ownership features that are not available on FAT.
>
> John
>
> Shane wrote:
>
> > If this relates to your other question regarding dual booting, if you
> create
> > a second primary partition using Partition Magic (create a FAT32 one),
to
> > install XP to, the two will automatically be hidden from each other, so
> > whichever you boot will be C: and the other drive letters will remain
the
> > same.
> >
> > With Boot Magic installed in ME, set it up so that both may be booted.
Set
> > the (empty) XP partition (volume) as default, then reboot. Boot Magic
will
> > try to boot XP but of course cannot. But it sets that as the bootable
> drive.
> > Now insert the XP cd and reboot. Hit *any key* when you see the prompt.
> > Select the correct partition in the XP cd's setup routine and - if
you're
> > going to use NTFS - choose to format it. If you're going to use FAT32
just
> > choose to leave the file system intact.
> >
> > XP will install, turning off Boot Magic in the process (all Windows
> > installations do this). Once XP is installed, ME will be hidden and XP
> will
> > be recognised as being on drive C. Now you need to get back into ME to
> turn
> > Boot Magic back on. You can do this using the Boot Magic rescue disk,
but
> a
> > better way is to install Partition Magic to XP then run PQBoot for
Windows
> > to do the job. It reboots to ME (which is now on drive C). Now run Boot
> > Magic Configuration and re-enable it. Set whichever OS as default.
Reboot
> > and you have the choice to boot ME or XP. Whichever you do so will
become
> > drive C, so shared volumes retain the same drive letter.
> >
> > As for shortcuts to cd's: make them while the cd in question is in the
> > drive.
> >
> >
> > Shane
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "ForestSpirit" <seamaid24-graphics@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:e3IfvgtGFHA.2504@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> >
> >>On my D drive, I want to create several "smart" shortcuts that will
always
> >>be valid, regardless of whether this hard drive is drive D, drive E, or
> >
> > some
> >
> >>other drive letter. Similarly, I want to create shortcuts for CDs. Any
> >>shortcut I create on a hard drive won't work when I burn that to a CD. I
> >>need "smart" portable shortcuts. This would prevent a lot of duplication
> >
> > of
> >
> >>files. How do I do this?
> >>
> >>Hard Drive Example:
> >>Paint Shop Pro - see D:\Software\J\Jasc\PSP
> >>
> >>CD Example:
> >>ZoneAlarm Pro 5.0 Manual - see [CD]\ZAP5ug
> >>ZoneAlarm Pro 5.1 Manual - see [CD]ZAP5ug
> >>ZoneAlarm Pro 5.5 Manual - see [CD]ZAP5ug
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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