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Thanks for the quick answer
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Is it possible to read the destination of a windows shortcut programatically.<br />
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eg link = fopen(&quot;myDoc.lnk&quot;, &quot;r&quot;);<br />
then read a string containing the shortcut destination from the file to give me C:\myDocs\myDoc.Doc.<br />
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From what I have seen *.lnk files are binary, not text, hence my question.<br />
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Thanks
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Is it possible to read the destination of a windows shortcut programatically.

eg link = fopen("myDoc.lnk", "r");
then read a string containing the shortcut destination from the file to give me C:\myDocs\myDoc.Doc.

From what I have seen *.lnk files are binary, not text, hence my question.

Thanks

Programatically reading and writing Windows Shortcuts

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