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Shortcut broken after moving file
If I create a shortcut to a file and then subsequently move the file, the shortcut no longer works (error message: "The item ... that this shortcut refers to has been changed or moved, so this shortcut will no longer work properly.") When I do this on my XP-Pro machine, XP will generally find the moved file and update the shortcut; if it can't find the file, it will give me the option to browse for the moved file. Vista, on the other hand, either makes no effort to find the file or just isn't very good at finding it; furthermore, it doesn't give me the option to browse; it just displays the error message with "Do you want to delete this shortcut? Yes/No". Is there something that needs to be set or turned on (a registry key, maybe?) to enable Vista to find the moved file? (Vista Home Premium) -- bonv Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com |
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Shortcut broken after moving file
On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 00:02:49 +0100, bonv
wrote: If I create a shortcut to a file and then subsequently move the file, the shortcut no longer works (error message: "The item ... that this shortcut refers to has been changed or moved, so this shortcut will no longer work properly.") When I do this on my XP-Pro machine, XP will generally find the moved file and update the shortcut; No way. You are competely wrong there. It will NEVER find the moved file. if it can't find the file, it will give me the option to browse for the moved file. True. But it never looked for the file anyway. Vista, on the other hand, either makes no effort to find the file or just isn't very good at finding it; furthermore, it doesn't give me the option to browse; it just displays the error message with "Do you want to delete this shortcut? Yes/No". Is there something that needs to be set or turned on (a registry key, maybe?) to enable Vista to find the moved file? (Vista Home Premium) The PEBKAC needs to be turned off |
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Shortcut broken after moving file
Did you try it?
I have a shortcut to a game on my desktop. I moved the exe file it was linked to into another folder, and the shortcut changed accordingly and opened the file correctly. I also moved a folder to a different drive, and the shortcut to it changed accordingly. It probably won't do it for most installed programs, but it should for simple .exe, .bat, folders etc. -- Vista Home Premium 32 SP1 http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview "Paul Montgomery" wrote in message ... On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 00:02:49 +0100, bonv wrote: If I create a shortcut to a file and then subsequently move the file, the shortcut no longer works (error message: "The item ... that this shortcut refers to has been changed or moved, so this shortcut will no longer work properly.") When I do this on my XP-Pro machine, XP will generally find the moved file and update the shortcut; No way. You are competely wrong there. It will NEVER find the moved file. if it can't find the file, it will give me the option to browse for the moved file. True. But it never looked for the file anyway. Vista, on the other hand, either makes no effort to find the file or just isn't very good at finding it; furthermore, it doesn't give me the option to browse; it just displays the error message with "Do you want to delete this shortcut? Yes/No". Is there something that needs to be set or turned on (a registry key, maybe?) to enable Vista to find the moved file? (Vista Home Premium) The PEBKAC needs to be turned off |
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Shortcut broken after moving file
On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 21:16:32 -0400, "Dave"
wrote: Did you try it? I have a shortcut to a game on my desktop. I moved the exe file it was linked to into another folder, and the shortcut changed accordingly and opened the file correctly. That won't work with shortcuts. You probably had the actual .EXE file on your desktop. THAT would be followed when moved. I also moved a folder to a different drive, and the shortcut to it changed accordingly. That is just like the above. It probably won't do it for most installed programs, but it should for simple .exe, .bat, folders etc. It will not do with a SHORTCUT. You no doubt have the arrow removed from shortcuts so you can't tell the difference between a shortcut and the actual file/folder. |
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Shortcut broken after moving file
Nope. It's a shortcut.
I don't remove the arrow. And it works. Try it. -- Vista Home Premium 32 SP1 http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview "Paul Montgomery" wrote in message ... On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 21:16:32 -0400, "Dave" wrote: Did you try it? I have a shortcut to a game on my desktop. I moved the exe file it was linked to into another folder, and the shortcut changed accordingly and opened the file correctly. That won't work with shortcuts. You probably had the actual .EXE file on your desktop. THAT would be followed when moved. I also moved a folder to a different drive, and the shortcut to it changed accordingly. That is just like the above. It probably won't do it for most installed programs, but it should for simple .exe, .bat, folders etc. It will not do with a SHORTCUT. You no doubt have the arrow removed from shortcuts so you can't tell the difference between a shortcut and the actual file/folder. |
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Shortcut broken after moving file
Well, let's see. In XP-Pro, I create a shortcut to a PDF file, then move the PDF file to another folder. I look at the properties of the shortcut and they say the file is in the original folder. Then I double click the shortcut, and lo and behold, the file opens up in Acrobat. I look at the properties of the shortcut again and they have changed to say that the file is in the new folder. Gee, Paul, it sure -*seems*- like XP found the moved file. You might want to consider getting a clue before you attempt to berate someone else's post in the future. Paul Montgomery;944749 Wrote: On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 00:02:49 +0100, bonv wrote: If I create a shortcut to a file and then subsequently move the file, the shortcut no longer works (error message: "The item ... that this shortcut refers to has been changed or moved, so this shortcut will no longer work properly.") When I do this on my XP-Pro machine, XP will generally find the moved file and update the shortcut; No way. You are competely wrong there. It will NEVER find the moved file. if it can't find the file, it will give me the option to browse for the moved file. True. But it never looked for the file anyway. Vista, on the other hand, either makes no effort to find the file or just isn't very good at finding it; furthermore, it doesn't give me the option to browse; it just displays the error message with "Do you want to delete this shortcut? Yes/No". Is there something that needs to be set or turned on (a registry key, maybe?) to enable Vista to find the moved file? (Vista Home Premium) The PEBKAC needs to be turned off -- bonv Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com |
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Shortcut broken after moving file
In case anyone encounters the same problem... After a little investigation, it turned out that the Distributed Link Tracking Client was the culprit -- it was not running. Apparently this is the Vista service that keeps track of files when they're moved. After restarting it, Vista can now correctly find a moved file that a shortcut points to and update the shortcut accordingly. bonv;944715 Wrote: If I create a shortcut to a file and then subsequently move the file, the shortcut no longer works (error message: "The item ... that this shortcut refers to has been changed or moved, so this shortcut will no longer work properly.") When I do this on my XP-Pro machine, XP will generally find the moved file and update the shortcut; if it can't find the file, it will give me the option to browse for the moved file. Vista, on the other hand, either makes no effort to find the file or just isn't very good at finding it; furthermore, it doesn't give me the option to browse; it just displays the error message with "Do you want to delete this shortcut? Yes/No". Is there something that needs to be set or turned on (a registry key, maybe?) to enable Vista to find the moved file? (Vista Home Premium) -- bonv Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com |
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Shortcut broken after moving file
Hi, I'm having this problem also. I've tried restarting the computer, and went back to the file and opened it, yet I get the error again. THE ITEM \".....\" THAT THIS SHORTCUT REFERS TO HAS BEEN CHANGED OR REMOVED, SO THIS SHORTCUT WILL NO LONGER WORK PROPERLY. DO YOU WANT TO DELETE THIS SHORTCUT? I also tried system restore, which did not work. Actually, what happened was I accidentally deleted my Pictures folder, containing more folders. I went to the recycle bin and restored it, thinking everything was fine. But instead, only a few folders were restored. Then I searched the lost folders, which Vista found, but when I tried opening it, I got the error. Does anyone know the solution to this problem? Maybe I can simply use a free third party application to recover these folders? Thanks. -- rustygrape ------------------------------------------------------------------------ rustygrape's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/rustygrape.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/vista-fil...nt/1016597.htm http://forums.techarena.in |
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Shortcut broken after moving file
hey I got the same error message,. can any body help to fix this problem? -- makhya ------------------------------------------------------------------------ makhya's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/102091.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/vista-fil...nt/1016597.htm http://forums.techarena.in |
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