Batch converting shortcuts..

OKAY.. here’s a fun question.

I have an external hard drive. I have recently moved it from one computer to another. I want to use it as I always have.

The problem? I made a bunch of shortcuts to help me navigate around the drive, but now they all point to the wron drive.

On one computer the drive was F:. All my shortcuts say “F:/data/bla bla bla. On my new computer, the drive is K: and the shortcuts still say “F:/data/bla bla bla.” so each time, I have to redirect each shortcut to point to K, not F. Is there a one-step way to do this? I need the shortcuts to work, but don’t want to edit the LITERALLY hundreds of shortcuts manually.

OKAY.. here’s a fun question.

I have an external hard drive. I have recently moved it from one computer to another. I want to use it as I always have.

The problem? I made a bunch of shortcuts to help me navigate around the drive, but now they all point to the wron drive.

On one computer the drive was F:. All my shortcuts say “F:/data/bla bla bla. On my new computer, the drive is K: and the shortcuts still say “F:/data/bla bla bla.” so each time, I have to redirect each shortcut to point to K, not F. Is there a one-step way to do this? I need the shortcuts to work, but don’t want to edit the LITERALLY hundreds of shortcuts manually.

Thanks!

7 thoughts on “Batch converting shortcuts..”

  1. Location

    Do you want it to search your whole drive, find any shortcut with a reference to F: and change it to k:

    In a related question, any reason you can’t change the drive letter on the new computer from K: to F:?

    My $.02 Weed

    1. F is taken..

      F is taken.. and yes.. I’d love for it to search my whole drive, find any reference to f: and change it to k:.. how do I do this?

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      1. Taken?

        What is “taking” F:?

        And I’ll write something for you. A little VB Script.

        S

        My $.02 Weed

          1. Trivial

            It’s trivial, but you need to know where to look 🙂

            1. Go to Control Panel 2. Go to Administrative Tools 3. Go to Computer Management 4. Double-click “Storage” 5. Double-click “Disk Management (Local)” 6. Right-click the drive you want to change the letter of and pick “change drive letters and paths”, then pick the drive letter you want to change it to and click “OK”.

            Then do the same for The Drive Formerly Known As F:. Done!

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            Matthew P. Barnson

          2. Don’t Forget

            It’ll work better if you move F: to some free drive (say W: for Weed 😉 Then move K: to F: Then move W: to K: or wherever you want.

            Ye old swap routine.

            My $.02 Weed

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