Windows 7
My files (250 gigabytes) are in C:info
I have an external USB-based hard drive that is permanently mapped as M: drive.
Everything in C:info is backed up to M:info.
Within the C:info file hierarchy I have hundreds of shortcuts in various directories that allow me to open a file in a different directory (within the C:info hierarchy) without having to navigate to that different directory.
I want to be able to navigate within the M:info hierarchy, including the
shortcuts, when the USB hard drive is connected to a different computer.
The problem is that all of the shortcuts in the M:info hierarchy, point to files in the C:info hierarchy.
I want to write a command file (batch file) that changes all of the shortcuts in M:info to point to the equivalent file in M:info.
If I do this manually it will take a very long time.
I thought that if I can dissect a Windows shortcut file I may be able to write a command file to globally change all of them.
But when I try to edit the Windows shortcut file, with a programmers
editor such as UltraEdit, Windows 7 will not allow me to open the file.
UltraEdit reports “Access Denied”. I tried running UltraEdit as Administrator but that did not work.
I have looked at posts here on this site that are either outdated or are for remote files on a LAN/WAN. I downloaded an app which claims to do exactly what I want but it is less than obvious, how to use the program, and the Help file (chm) file is blank.
Is there a way to globally change M:info Windows shortcut links to point to m:info rather than c:info?
Many thanks !
