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[andychiles]

Hi all,

I'm trying to create shortcuts to the windows programs "Services" and "Local Users & Groups" in my applications program folder in Start | All Programs. (eg, Start | All programs | Myprog | Services). I believe the targets for these are c:\windows\system32\services.msc and c:\windows\system32\lusrmgr.msc respectively (the systems that this is being installed on are pretty fixed, so I expect these targets to always be present in this [SystemFolder]).

I've specified these shortcuts using 'New shortcut to Preexisting file' and specified "[SystemFolder]lusrmgr.msc" (for example) as the target. And the shortcuts seem to get created ok. BUT, when it comes to using them, I get the following error:

The item 'lusrmgr.msc' that this shortcut refers to has been changed or moved, so this shortcut will no longer work properly.
Nearest match based on size, date, and type: C:\WINDOWS\system32\lusrmgr.msc
Do you want to fix this shortcut to point to this target or do you just want to delete it?

This seems pretty odd to me, as the target that windows is suggesting here is the target I specified!

If anyone has any ideas how this could be fixed, it would be much appreciated! Thanks in advance.

Andy

[Stefan Krueger]

.msc is not an executable, it's more like a document that opens with the associated application. Try creating a shortcut to the exe, passing the .msc on the command line, something like this:
c:\windows\system32\mmc.exe c:\windows\system32\services.msc

[andychiles]

Thanks for the tip. I'll give it a try.

Andy