Hi Ian,
Have a look at
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2565885/net-read-binary-contents-of-lnk-file
Before method below would work, you need to import
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll (add proj. reference which will generate
interop library).
public static string GetLnkTarget(string lnkPath) {
var shl = new Shell32.Shell(); // Move this to class scope
lnkPath = System.IO.Path.GetFullPath(lnkPath);
var dir = shl.NameSpace(System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(lnkPath));
var itm = dir.Items().Item(System.IO.Path.GetFileName(lnkPath));
var lnk = (Shell32.ShellLinkObject)itm.GetLink;
return lnk.Target.Path;
}
On 5 March 2012 08:33, Ian Thomas <[email protected]> wrote:
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> I have 100+ shortcuts to files, the targets of which were subsequently
> moved. For a reason I won’t explain, these files need to be moved back to
> the locations in the (intact) shortcuts. ****
>
> My quick research indicates I should use COM Interop with IShellLink as
> there is no direct class to create or read shortcut files. Is that right?
> How would I do this? (not using WSH)****
>
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