LinkResolveIgnoreLinkInfo

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Description

Determines whether Windows 2000 traces a shortcut to the shortcut's source when it cannot find the target file on the user's system.

This entry stores the setting of the Do not track Shell shortcuts during roaming Group Policy. Group Policy adds this entry to the registry with a value of 1 when you enable the policy. If you disable the policy or set it to Not configured, Group Policy deletes this entry from the registry, and the system behaves as though the value is 0.

Shortcut files typically include both the absolute path to the original target file and the relative path to the current target file. When the system cannot find the file in the current target path, then, by default, it searches for the target in the original path. If the shortcut has been copied to a different computer, the original path might lead to a network computer, including external resources, such as an Internet server.

Change method

To change the value of this entry, use Group Policy. This entry corresponds to the Do not track Shell shortcuts during roaming Group Policy (User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Windows Explorer).

Tip

For detailed information about particular Group Policy settings, see the Windows 2000 Resource Kit Group Policy Reference.

For general information about Group Policy, see Windows 2000 Server Help or Windows 2000 Professional Help.

To see a table associating policies with their corresponding registry entries, see the Group Policy Registry Table .

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