Disable "Start In" validation in shortcut

Solution 1:

I don't know of any way to disable that property, but it looks like you can batch-change all of your shortcut files with a PowerShell script. I'm not a PoSH expert by any means, but it looks like "Start in" is the working directory property:

  • Powershell Script to mass-change shortcut files
  • Another simple PoSH example
  • MS docs describing working directory property
  • Another useful discussion about changing .lnk files