Re: [WinMac] sending a Windows shortcut file

From: Tom Roth (tomroth@wfubmc.edu)
Date: Fri Mar 16 2001 - 06:28:15 PST

> Warwick Tate wrote:
>
> You can't insert it using the attachment buttons, but you can drag and drop
> it into the message. I use it to send shortcuts to server volumes around.

Maybe with your email program but not with Netscape. I tried both
clicking on the attach button and also dragging the shortcut file to the
email and it still attaches the rdisk.exe file instead of the shortcut file.

> As others have said, unless the file is in the same place on all machines, or
> references a globally available location, it is not a good idea to do this.

It is a shortcut to a the file, rdisk.exe that every Windows NT user has
in their c:\winnt\system32\ folder so that's not an issue.

Someone sent me an email about Aelita's ERDisk at http://www.aelita.com.
 It does automated, over-the-network ERD backups to both the local
machine's hard drive and a central network repository. They have a
30-day, 5-station demo available for download. Perhaps a bit overkill
but intriguing. 

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