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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.photos (More info?)

Hello,

I have a bunch of shortcuts that point to photo files. I know that if I
move the shortcut around on my computer that it will still point to the
original file correctly.

I sometimes use shortcuts to organize files. For instance, I have photos
shattered across many directories. Sometimes, I want to sort out a subset
and view them all in the same directory. I accomplish this with shortcuts.

However, I now have a need to copy this collection of photos, organized as
shortcuts, to another computer. Obviously shortcuts will not work between
computers if there is no network.

So, is there a way that I can tell Windows to copy NOT the shortcut, but the
underlying file, to the other computer. Actually, in my case, I am copying
the files first to a memory stick and then onto the remote computer.

It seems like Windows should have a "Paste Original File" feature which
allows you to Copy/Cut a shortcut and then paste, not the shortcut, but the
file it points to.

Thanks for the help.

Ed

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.photos (More info?)

Ed wrote:

> However, I now have a need to copy this collection of photos, organized as
> shortcuts, to another computer. Obviously shortcuts will not work between
> computers if there is no network.
>
> So, is there a way that I can tell Windows to copy NOT the shortcut, but the
> underlying file, to the other computer. Actually, in my case, I am copying
> the files first to a memory stick and then onto the remote computer.
Hi

With a script, this is possible.

Some previous threads about this:

Subject: Reading the Target of a Shortcut
http://groups.google.com/groups?th=42390a09fb7ff557

Subject: Re: Copying files behind links
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=3EA37F86.503B3DCF%...


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http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/list/webdev.asp



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