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Hi christophemonin,<br />
<br />
you have to execute command &quot;explorer C:\SomeDirectory&quot;.<br />
<br />
<br />
----<br />
Igor.<br />
<br />

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Hi christophemonin,

you have to execute command "explorer C:\SomeDirectory".


----
Igor.



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Hi,<br />
Another version:<br />
<br />
uses<br />
&nbsp; ShellApi;<br />
<br />
var<br />
&nbsp;SomeDirectory: string = 'C:\Program Files';<br />
<br />
procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender<wbr />: TObject);<br />
begin<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp;ShellExecute(handle,'explo<wbr />re',PChar(<wbr />SomeDirect<wbr />ory), nil, nil,SW_SHOWNORMAL);<br />
end;<br />
<br />
Regards, Geo
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Hi,
Another version:

uses
  ShellApi;

var
 SomeDirectory: string = 'C:\Program Files';

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
   ShellExecute(handle,'explore',PChar(SomeDirectory), nil, nil,SW_SHOWNORMAL);
end;

Regards, Geo

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Or...<br />
<br />
If you wish to get the target of your shortcut then read next article :<br />
<br />
'Get Shortcut Target File'<br />
<a href="http://www.delphi3000.com/article.asp?ID=1838" rel="ugc">http://www.delphi3000.com/article.asp?ID=1838</a><br />
<br />
Using this info :<br />
<br />
var Target:string;<br />
....<br />
Target:=GetShortcutTarget(<wbr />'c:\MyLink<wbr />.pif'); <br />
<br />
After that is simple to run it .<br />

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Or...

If you wish to get the target of your shortcut then read next article :

'Get Shortcut Target File'
http://www.delphi3000.com/article.asp?ID=1838 [http://www.delphi3000.com/article.asp?ID=1838]

Using this info :

var Target:string;
....
Target:=GetShortcutTarget('c:\MyLink.pif');

After that is simple to run it .


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In your case the file is 'explorer'
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Thanks for all, I prefer this one!<br />
<br />
But is there a way to execute a shortcut without gettin executing the target?<br />
<br />
Christophe.
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Thanks for all, I prefer this one!

But is there a way to execute a shortcut without gettin executing the target?

Christophe.

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Hi!<br />
<br />
I created a shortcut which refers to a local directory and I would like to launch it using delphi so it will open a file browser window with the listing of this directory. <br />
<br />
How can I do to launch the created shortcut? or is there a way to open a file browser window without using shortcuts?<br />
<br />
Thanks in advance!<br />
<br />
Christophe
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Hi!

I created a shortcut which refers to a local directory and I would like to launch it using delphi so it will open a file browser window with the listing of this directory. 

How can I do to launch the created shortcut? or is there a way to open a file browser window without using shortcuts?

Thanks in advance!

Christophe

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