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Discus and support Automatically Change Parent Folder Name in Shortcut Path in Windows 10 Gaming to solve the problem; Is there a way in the shortcut path to automatically default to the current or new parent folder? I didn't have much luck when googling a solution,... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Gaming' started by RyanL2019, Jan 16, 2024.

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    Automatically Change Parent Folder Name in Shortcut Path


    Is there a way in the shortcut path to automatically default to the current or new parent folder? I didn't have much luck when googling a solution, unfortunately.For example, I have a folder with multiple subfolders that are needed for each new request, and I copy those to a new folder that is named the name of the customer, but those subfolders include shortcuts to other subfolders. Ideally, those shortcuts would then point no longer to the subfolders in the original parent folder but to the subfolders within the newly created parent folder bearing the customer's name.Concrete example:The sho

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