Creating a link to an application in another directory

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Explanation

geek.menu can display shortcuts to arbitrary locations either on the host computer (this may not be portable) or in locations on the Host or TrueCrypt Volume other than the \PortableApps path.

These are defined in the Advanced Options dialog, on the "Shortcuts" tab.

Each application path should be entered on its own line in this tab.

If the application is on the Host USB drive or the mounted TrueCrypt Volume, then you should use variables to represent these drives.  geek.menu will interpret the variables at run time and the application will launch regardless of the drive letter assigned at the time.  The variable "$HOSTDRIVE$" (without quotes) will be substituted with the host drive letter.  Similarly, "$TRUECRYPTDRIVE$" will be resolved to the current TrueCrypt Volume path.

Examples

To create a shortcut to TrueCrypt on the Host USB key, you can enter

$HOSTDRIVE$:\TrueCrypt\TrueCrypt.exe

To create a shortcut to EditPad Pro running on the root of the TrueCrypt Drive, you can enter

$TRUECRYPTDRIVE$:\EditPadPro\EditPadPro.exe

To create a shortcut to the windows calculator (not advised, as it's location may not be correct), you can enter

c:\windows\system32.calc.exe

a slightly better way to do this may be to simply enter

calc.exe

as calc.exe should generally be in the system path on a host computer.