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Starting a program through a shortcut doesn't work.



 
 
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Old March 31st 03, 03:36 PM
Doug Knox MS-MVP
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Default Starting a program through a shortcut doesn't work.

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If I try to start programs through a shortcut, either on the desktop or in

the Program Menu,
you get the error message "Program xxxxx.EXE can not be found". If a

program is not a shortcut,
but the real thing you can start it just find.

Also if you change the program executable from .EXE to .COM it works just

fine, even when
using the shortcut.





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