Peter -

What you are looking for is called "Hard Links."  There is a pretty
thorough article on it at
http://aroundcny.com/technofile/texts/tec042802.html   There are also
freeware programs that help you do this.


Tony Mayer
Sysop
The Magic FunHouse BBS
http://bbs.magicom.net

>Unfortunately a shortcut is not the same as an alias. For example, if you
>are at a command prompt and type DIR ALIASNAME and only a shortcut of that
>name exists, then you will get a "File not found" message. The shortcut
>works only to use as a double-click to take you to that folder.
>
>Peter
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> Right click on the appropriate folder/file and choose Create
>> Shorcut, then rename it as you want. Huynh Minh Huong
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Peter Shkabara" <[log in to unmask]>
>>
>> The is posted to PCBUILD because it has to do with the
>> Windows XP os. Is there a way to add an alias name to a
>> folder? I want to have access to a folder using two different
>> names. I know that Windows creates SHORT file names so that
>> the folder Program Files is also named PROGRA~1. Perhaps
>> there is a utility that will allow me to change the short file name???

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