We saved our file to a special directory on our USB flash drive. The image below shows an example of the relative full path to the program on our USB flash drive. We will use the free icon extraction program, BeCyIconGrabber, as an example.
However, make this a relative path by leaving out the drive letter and the first backslash.
To create the batch file, open a text editor, such as Notepad, and enter the full path, including the name of the executable file, to the program for which you want to create a shortcut. However, if you would rather not do that, there is a way to create shortcuts to programs on a USB drive using relative paths.īecause Windows does not support relative paths in shortcuts, we will show you how to create a “shortcut” on the root of a USB drive by creating a batch (.bat) file and converting it to an executable (.exe) file. You can assign a static drive letter to the USB drive. Different computers assign different drive letters to USB flash drives, so you would have to change the drive letter for your shortcuts when it changes.
The shortcut will always refer to the full path of the application, including the drive letter. Whatever your reason, you can’t just create a shortcut to an application on the USB drive and place it in the root of the drive.
