Folder+Program USB Shortcut Maker

[zone97]

@careca The reason for this is it has to have a starting point of reference.  Therefor it always starts from root and moves up the tree. I do not know of anyway to have it know from where it is how to go to any folder on a drive not from root?

[careca]

It's very simple, and the answer is in the post 17 where i posted the code.

Split path, use first part, and join with the rest. If you take a look at it, you'll see how it works.

[zone97]

Ok so lets see if I understand what it is you'd like to see it be able to do..

For this example lets say your using a thumb drive with a drive letter of X:
and you have a folder tree that looks like this.

X:.
+---Tools
|   +---Sometool.exe
|   +---SomeOtherTool.exe
|   |
|   \---AppFolder
|       +---TheApp.exe
+---Shortcuts
+---Useless data

and you want the shortcuts to be able to reside like this.

X:.
+---Tools
|   +---Sometool.exe
|   +---SomeOtherTool.exe
|   |
|   \---AppFolder
|       +---TheApp.exe
+---Shortcuts
|   +---TheApp +Tools+AppFolder+TheApp.exe
|   +---Sometool +Tools.exe
+---Useless data

instead of having to use the root folder or the tools folder? What I would have to do is, set it so that items created behind the folder where the shortcut app is. The first folder will need to start with say an = not a +, meaning to start from the root and move forward, not the current folder. Would that work?

 

Edited January 6, 2017 by zone97

[careca]

Yes, my example works that way, if you need it to.

Basically, it will open any file in any folder, all, subfolder, or folder in another directory structure.

So yes, it can be inside folder "Shortcuts", and open "TheApp.exe" in another "structure"

This is because it works differently than yours, you are working in relative manner

Have you tried it and compare?

Best regards.

[zone97]

25 minutes ago, careca said:

Yes, my example works that way, if you need it to.

Basically, it will open any file in any folder, all, subfolder, or folder in another directory structure.

So yes, it can be inside folder "Shortcuts", and open "TheApp.exe" in another "structure"

This is because it works differently than yours, you are working in relative manner

Have you tried it and compare?

Best regards.

Ok I see what you've done.. You are using @ScriptFullPath to get the whole path starting from the root forward so that way the short can be anywhere. Only down side to that method is the file names could get long. But still functional.

[careca]

Yes. Why quote me? It's just the two of us here.

Best regards.

[zone97]

Just the two of us..(singing)

Anyway, Check out the latest version see if this is more of what you had in mind. Let me know if it has any more glitches.

[careca]

Yep, works better now, IMO. Great job.

[zone97]

Thank you.