I tried the "-image" but it is not working

When I try to change it, it says there is a problem with the shortcut; The name specified in the Target box is not valid. Make sure the path and file name are correct.

Do you have the path on your system (found using the browse button) and not the path shown in examples in the run window? Have you got the path in quotes? Is there a space between the end quote and -image?

Just leave everyhing in the target box as it is and just add a space then -image right at the end.

For example IF the shortcut reads You would change it to read Make sure you don't accidentally delete the quote mark at the end - that's a frequent cause of target-missing

Again, the above is just an example - your actual configuration may well be different, so the path to your GW.exe will also be different. It's an example to clarify how to change YOUR shortcut - don't copy it verbatim.

What I did was I right-clicked the shortcut, found the target via Properties, and just added the -image like your example above, Snograt. Does it matter if the shortcut is on my desktop but the client is on an External HDrive?

No, not at all - as long as the shortcut points to the executable, it doesn't matter where it is. If Guild Wars works from that shortcut, adding the -image will work too.

I tell you what - go back to that shortcut and copy what's in the target box and paste it into a post here; that way we can see if anything's wrong.

(Heh, if you're running -password as well, you might want to omit that ^^)

it shouldnt, as long as the link goes to the right location. does he shortcut work without the -image tag?

"F:\Program Files\Guild Wars\Gw.exe"

Yeah, the shortcut works fine.

I created a second shortcut and put the -image on that one, that way I can run the game as normal or use the altered shortcut when I need too.

Works fine

Hmm, well that is bizarre, then. Just as a final rehash of everything that's been said:

Space after Gw.exe"
No space between - and image

I do that too - plus a third one for -diag. And a fourth one for gwx2 <cough>

I forgot that, it works now, thanks!!!!

That's why I asked if you'd put the space in between the end quote and -image. It's been my experience that spaces are the easiest mistake to make and hardest to find oneself when coding. Dropping both quotes is a misunderstanding of the process and easy to remedy. Dropping one quote is an easy to spot typo.

Yus, if I remember correctly, the quotes are necessary because of the spaces in the path (or the old 8.3 limitation? Or both?) otherwise you have to resort to such arcane trickery as C:\Progra~1\Guild~1\gw.exe ...or something like that ^^

Glad we got you going, Obama

Ah, I must have misread, sorry.