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RFE: Follow shortcuts on Windows #40

Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
I have video files scattered in several locations around several hard
drives. Rather than have to add each directory location to streambaby.ini,
what I'd like to do is point streambaby to one directory and be able to put
in that directory shortcuts either to other Windows directories or directly
to video files.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by asher...@gmail.com on 9 Jan 2010 at 2:25

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
See this post:
http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=7524247#post7524247

I don't run windows as my main platform so am not really familiar with the
details/options.  If the above post doesn't help, try posting a question in the
streambaby thread above.

Original comment by kearygri...@gmail.com on 11 Jan 2010 at 4:43

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
The tivocommunity thread references junctions on Windows, which are similar to
simlinks. I haven't tried this, but I imagine it would work. The problem is that
junctions are not a usual part of the Windows toolkit and usually require an 
external
program to create. 

The more usual way to do this kind of thing on Windows is with a shortcut, 
which can
be created easily in Windows Explorer. From a filesystem point of view, 
shortcuts
appear as *.lnk files which contain binary data describing the destination. Most
native Windows apps can follow these as if they were symlinks -- opening a 
shortcut
to a folder or file results in the target being opened.

Original comment by asher...@gmail.com on 11 Jan 2010 at 6:11