If you follow his instructions, on the dialog displayed, you will see a
text box labelled "target".  This is a pointer to a file that is referenced
by the shortcut.  This is probably a file on your networked PC.  This is
the content of the shortcut that you are looking for.

At 01:07 PM 2/28/98 -0500, you wrote:
>I appreciate your response however I want to know what in contents on the
>short-cut file is. For instance, I copied a short-cut over the network to
>another computer. As long as my machine is on the network it works, takes
>longer to load than mine but it works. If my machine is not on the network
>the copied short-cut will not work. There must be something in the
>short-cut that points to my machine (the error message says can't find the
>executable that the short-cut points to. This is why I want to know what is
>in the short-cut file not just what the short-cut properties point to.
>
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>> From: Mark Rode <[log in to unmask]>
>> Date: Saturday, February 28, 1998 1:53 AM
>>
>> A shortcut is a path or a link to something. Click on the shortcut
>..right
>> click...select properties...this should tell you what your looking for.
>>
>> >Does any one know how to identify the contents of a short-cut?