Wei Lu:

Thank you for your help.  I appreciate the effort.

Unfortunately, I didn't understand what you wrote.  I don't know what you
mean when you say: "The file path you specified in the ShortCut properties is
a parameter when you open the database via the shortcut."

Let me try to explain again.  I'm familiar with a shortcut that uses this
format:
  "C:\PathToEngine\msaccess.exe" "C:\PathToMyApp\MyApp.mde" /wrkgrp
"X:\Path\WrkGrpFile.mdw"

I need the .mdw file at the end of the above example to point to our shared
.mdw file.  Here's what I have been able to figure out so far when I use the
Package Wizard:
   The Package Wizard has a screen labeled "Shortcut Properties".  In the
middle of that screen is a section with a label that says "Additional
Parameters".  (Is that the 'parameter' you are talking about?)  I go to that
section and check the box for "/wrkgrp".  Then I fill in the text box next to
that check box with the path to a .mdw file.  Here's what happens when the
Package Wizard is used:
a) Wizard creates a copy of the .mdw and puts it in the install package
b) When the package is run (ie, I run package to install the app on a
computer), the install package copies the .mdw to the application folder.  
For example, it creates a copy of the file in:
  C:\Program Files\MyAppFolder\MyWrkGrp.mdw
c) In the end, the install package creates a shortcut which points to the
above file--ie, the COPY of the .mdw file which is now in the application
folder on the local drive.

I actually want the above behavior for most of the install packages I
create.  And if I were distributing this app to another agency, the above
behavior would be necessary.  However, in this case (for an app that must use
a .mdw file for the database), here is what I need to happen instead:
a) No copies are made of the shared .mdw file at all
b) When package is installed, the shortcut points to the shared .mdw file on
our network/LAN (The shortcut does *not* point to a copy of the shared .mdw
which got copied onto the user's local hard drive).

Does that make sense?  Can you explain your answer in light of where I am
coming from?  I know I'm missing something.  I just don't understand what it
is.

Thanks!
- JJ, Eugene OR