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Discus and support how to turn off prompt: "shortcut refers to has been changed or moved, so this shortcut... in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; Sometimes a file may need to be replaced and when a user desktop contains a shortcut pointing to that file, and if the user then attempts to use that... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by Fritz Vedder, Jan 11, 2022.

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    how to turn off prompt: "shortcut refers to has been changed or moved, so this shortcut...


    Sometimes a file may need to be replaced and when a user desktop contains a shortcut pointing to that file, and if the user then attempts to use that shortcut, he may see the prompt: "The item" filename.ext "that is shortcut refers to has been changed or moved, so this shortcut will no longer work properly." "do you want to delete this shortcut?" and when the user clicks yes. That may trigger a call for a pc tech to have to go recreate that shortcut. I know I get it, the user probably should not have attempted to click on the shortcut when the file was not available, but the OS apparently is n

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