Well, if you put in the "< >", XP wants to add an "http://"; in front of it. If you do not put that in, it just creates the shortcut, but then it throws up an error message saying that Outlook cannot open the folder or file. I even tried to "~" as suggested by Slipstick. No luck. Stupid. I hate it when Microsoft puts things into their product and then strips out functionality or significantly changes things to the point that stuff does not work. Poor, very poor, backwards compatibility.
> What happens when you create a new shortcut in the winXP system? How > does it look and does it work on the win2k system? > > k > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Greg Deckler > Sent: 05 February 2003 20:54 > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Shortcuts to Outlook objects > > OK, I thought I had this problem licked until I hit a WinXP system. > > I have a W2K system running Outlook 2000. On this system, I can create a > shortcut to a file located in an Outlook OST thus: > > outlook:\\Public%20Folders\Favorites\Consulting\budget_tracking.xls.eml > > This works great on this system. However, on a WinXP system running > Outlook 2002, the shortcut doesn't work at all. > > Anyone have the syntax for this? I have checked Slipstick and found some > stuff but none of it works. If I include the "< >", WinXP wants to throw > an > http: in front of it. > > I know that this is a really silly, stupid problem but it is driving me > nuts that I can get it to work on my system but not on this WinXP/O2002 > system. Any help is greatly appreciated! > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
