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| Thread ID: 58298 | 2005-05-27 21:56:00 | What is the shortcut target of an internet connection? | supersaiyanplough (8098) | Press F1 |
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| 358993 | 2005-05-27 21:56:00 | I made a shortcut to my internet connection which is called "slingshot". Then I wanted the target path, but in the properties it just said the target was "slingshot". I'm sure just typing in "slingshot" wont work. Does anyone know what the correct path is? win98SE | supersaiyanplough (8098) | ||
| 358994 | 2005-05-27 22:19:00 | If your icon under properties has a find target option click on it. It'll take you to the main folder it originated from (If u created a shortcut for it from the network connections folder, or whatever its called in 98 SE). BUT thats what the icon on the desktop is for u double click on it, so u can dial the ISP. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 358995 | 2005-05-27 22:48:00 | If you are trying to create a desktop shortcut for your dialup connection just go into Windows Explorer, click on Dialup Networking, right click on your connection and choose Create Shortcut. A shortcut will then be placed on the desktop. | FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 358996 | 2005-05-28 03:35:00 | Just typing "slingshot" is unlikely to work unless you have a file called slingshot.bat or .bat. ;) But does clicking on the shortcut icon work? A DOS command to do this would be something like "browsername.exe www.slingshot.net". But unless "browsername" is a text-only one which runs under DOS (like lynx or arachne) it will fall over unless Windows is running. (Or maybe not ... I have a vague memory that a Windows programme will actually whistle up the GUI if it's not running). :cool: |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 358997 | 2005-05-30 05:14:00 | i'm not trying to make a shortcut to it, i already did that. But i want to know the path, so i can run it from within a .BAT program. | supersaiyanplough (8098) | ||
| 358998 | 2005-05-30 05:23:00 | If the shortcut's Properties doesn't show a "target", read my previous posting. :( In a batch file, you can give a command (such as invoking the browser) followed by the argument (such as the site you want to go to). In fact, it might already be your broswer "home page"). If the browser is set to dial up if there isn't a connection, it will do that. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 358999 | 2005-05-30 06:03:00 | The following line is in a . bat file that I created a few years ago when I was on dialup: START "C:\WINDOWS\Start Menu\e3 . lnk" For this to work you need to have a shortcut to your internet connection in your Start Menu and change the "e3 . lnk" bit to whatever your shortcut name is . Note: That is a lowercase "L", not an uppercase I for "lnk" . If your shortcut is elsewhere then change the pathname to its location . Hopefully that will work for you . |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 359000 | 2005-05-30 06:19:00 | so could i place that shortcut in ANY directory and then change the command to fit? | supersaiyanplough (8098) | ||
| 359001 | 2005-05-30 06:21:00 | I don't see why not. Try it and tell us if it works. :) | FoxyMX (5) | ||
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