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Old 03-19-2008   #1 (permalink)
kateinsoll
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favourite links not creating shortcuts!


I managed to delete my Links folder in my user profile. After some
googling I recreated it by typing "shell:links" in the run
command.

But now when I drag a file into the Favorite Links area of the
Navigation pane, it's copying the files instead of creating a
shortcut!

I can force it to create a shortcut by holding down the Alt key - but
this is painful. Is there anyway to get it back to how it used to be?

My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 03-19-2008   #2 (permalink)
Keith Miller \(MVP\)
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Re: favourite links not creating shortcuts!

It needs its desktop.ini file. Copy the following (between the lines) into
notepad:

-------------------------------------------
[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21810
IconResource=%SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll,-185
DefaultDropEffect=4
[LocalizedFileNames]
Public.lnk=@shell32.dll,-21816
Searches.lnk=@shell32.dll,-9031
Recently Changed.lnk=@shell32.dll,-32813
Music.lnk=@shell32.dll,-21790
Pictures.lnk=@shell32.dll,-21779
Documents.lnk=@shell32.dll,-21770
----------------------------------------------
and save in the 'Links' folder as 'desktop.ini'

Press & hold the <shift> key and right-click in the folder background &
select 'Open Command Window Here'. Then execute the following:

attrib +h +s desktop.ini

cd ..

attrib +r links

Setting the read-only attribute for the folder tells Explorer to process the
desktop.ini file.


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Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]



<kateinsoll@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

>
> I managed to delete my Links folder in my user profile. After some
> googling I recreated it by typing "shell:links" in the run
> command.
>
> But now when I drag a file into the Favorite Links area of the
> Navigation pane, it's copying the files instead of creating a
> shortcut!
>
> I can force it to create a shortcut by holding down the Alt key - but
> this is painful. Is there anyway to get it back to how it used to be?
My System SpecsSystem Spec
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