I was sure that's what I was looking for until I ran into four lines of a Boolean expression in C++. And that's in the Windows reference. Now I have no idea what to call what I'm trying to do.

Here's a sample: I have directories with equipment manuals in them. When I sell receiver A to client B, I'd like to have A's manual quickly available along with B's other information, so, in the same directory. I don't want to copy the manual into his directory. I want, instead, something I can see in Windows Explorer, and click on, to open that manual... that's in a different directory.

If I sell receiver A to other clients, I can provide that same... dare I say "link" (?) in their directories, too.

I see the possibility of problems if, for instance, I erase or move the target file, but I can cope with that.

Thanks for any help you can give me with this.

Shortcut??

As usual, there are numerous ways to do this.

A) Right-click on the file, select "Create Shortcut", then drag that new shortcut file into your client folder.

B) Open up both folders in separate windows, then using the RIGHT mouse button, DRAG the file into your client folder. When you release the button you'll get a little menu with an option to "create shortcuts here".

C) Open up both folders in separate windows, then while holding ALT, drag the file as normal into your client folder. A shortcut will be automatically created.

D) Copy the file to the clipboard (EDIT -> COPY or CTRL-C) then go to your client folder and select EDIT -> PASTE SHORTCUT, or right-click in the folder and select PASTE SHORTCUT.

...so this is a shortcut and not a link. That's 90% of the battle. Thanks.

Windows normally uses the term "shortcut", but if you follow the instructions for (C) the cursor actually changes to say "Create link in..." so... both really. :-)