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lnk-files (shortcuts) won't open from "Run" with SP2

 
 
lnk+run-freak
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      08-26-2004
Longer explanation coming up:

I have a dir (C:\shortcuts\) on my harddisk with shortcuts
(lnk-files) to programs i often use. That dir is on my
path. That makes me able to open programs fast and easy.
(F.e. when i want to open my text-editor i just press WIN+R
and type "txt")

After having installed SP2 it gives me a security warning:

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"Open File - Security Warning. Do you want to open this
file? (etcetc)"
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If i click "open" it can't open it. (it says something
similiar to "file does not exist")

If i instead type "txt.lnk" it opens without problems and
without any security warning, but typing that many letters
kind a' ruins the idea of having those shortcuts. The idea
is to be able to open programs fast... 3 letters are fast,
7 are not.


QUESTION: Where do i disable that security warning for
lnk-files? (or just for all files?)
 
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      08-27-2004
after having tried 4839205 things, i found the solution
myself...

in the path-string, i had written:

%SystemRoot%\..\shortcuts;

i changed it to:

c:\shortcuts;

and it worked. So i guess %SystemRoot% is evil.

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