Yes, the mkshortcut from 1.4.8.-1 does work correctly for the 4 test cases in my original message. John Refling -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple