read .lnk files, modify the data and rewrite the file

Frank

Years ago I wrote a program to read .lnk files, modify the data and rewrite
the file.

I modified it slightly and used it for .pif files.

I can't find it nor can I find the API calls I used.

Can you direct me to some info on this subject?
thanks

Jan 22 '07 #1

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Nathan Mates

In article <#q*************@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl>,
Frank <fr***@a-znet.comwrote:

>Years ago I wrote a program to read .lnk files, modify the data and rewrite
the file.
I can't find it nor can I find the API calls I used.

If you're using C/C++, why not use the quite-standard and portable
fopen/fread/fwrite/fclose functions? If the files are text, then you
can use fopen/fgets/fprintf/fclose.

Nathan Mates
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# Programmer at Pandemic Studios -- http://www.pandemicstudios.com/
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Jan 22 '07 #2

Frank

They are not text and I don't know the structure
thanks

"Nathan Mates" <na****@visi.comwrote in message
news:12*************@corp.supernews.com...

In article <#q*************@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl>,
Frank <fr***@a-znet.comwrote:
>>Years ago I wrote a program to read .lnk files, modify the data and
rewrite
the file.
I can't find it nor can I find the API calls I used.

If you're using C/C++, why not use the quite-standard and portable
fopen/fread/fwrite/fclose functions? If the files are text, then you
can use fopen/fgets/fprintf/fclose.

Nathan Mates
--
<*Nathan Mates - personal webpage http://www.visi.com/~nathan/
# Programmer at Pandemic Studios -- http://www.pandemicstudios.com/
# NOT speaking for Pandemic Studios. "Care not what the neighbors
# think. What are the facts, and to how many decimal places?" -R.A.
Heinlein

Jan 22 '07 #3

Christian Kaiser

Google mal nach CLSID_ShellLink und IID_IShellLink. Ab da geht's vermutlich
von selbst weiter... ;-)

Ch.

" Frank" <fr***@a-znet.comwrote in message
news:%2***************@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

Years ago I wrote a program to read .lnk files, modify the data and
rewrite
the file.

I modified it slightly and used it for .pif files.

I can't find it nor can I find the API calls I used.

Can you direct me to some info on this subject?
thanks

Jan 23 '07 #4

Frank

I've been searching but the search key you gave me give new hits.

thanks
"Christian Kaiser" <bc**@gmx.dewrote in message
news:uu**************@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

Google mal nach CLSID_ShellLink und IID_IShellLink. Ab da geht's
vermutlich
von selbst weiter... ;-)

Ch.

" Frank" <fr***@a-znet.comwrote in message
news:%2***************@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>Years ago I wrote a program to read .lnk files, modify the data and
rewrite
the file.

I modified it slightly and used it for .pif files.

I can't find it nor can I find the API calls I used.

Can you direct me to some info on this subject?
thanks

Jan 23 '07 #5

Cholo Lennon

You must use COM to manage IShellLink (using for that CLSID_ShellLink und IID_IShellLink)

Take a look that (be careful, the address is too long and may appear cut)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ll_int_program
ming/shortcuts/shortcut.asp

Regards
--
Cholo Lennon
Bs.As.
ARG

" Frank" <fr***@a-znet.comwrote in message news:uO**************@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

I've been searching but the search key you gave me give new hits.

thanks
"Christian Kaiser" <bc**@gmx.dewrote in message
news:uu**************@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
Google mal nach CLSID_ShellLink und IID_IShellLink. Ab da geht's
vermutlich
von selbst weiter... ;-)

Ch.

" Frank" <fr***@a-znet.comwrote in message
news:%2***************@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
Years ago I wrote a program to read .lnk files, modify the data and
rewrite
the file.

I modified it slightly and used it for .pif files.

I can't find it nor can I find the API calls I used.

Can you direct me to some info on this subject?
thanks

Jan 24 '07 #6

Frank

thanks for the info
"Cholo Lennon" <ch*********@hotmail.comwrote in message
news:eI****************@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

You must use COM to manage IShellLink (using for that CLSID_ShellLink und
IID_IShellLink)

Take a look that (be careful, the address is too long and may appear cut)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ll_int_program
ming/shortcuts/shortcut.asp

Regards
--
Cholo Lennon
Bs.As.
ARG

" Frank" <fr***@a-znet.comwrote in message
news:uO**************@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>I've been searching but the search key you gave me give new hits.

thanks
"Christian Kaiser" <bc**@gmx.dewrote in message
news:uu**************@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
Google mal nach CLSID_ShellLink und IID_IShellLink. Ab da geht's
vermutlich
von selbst weiter... ;-)

Ch.

" Frank" <fr***@a-znet.comwrote in message
news:%2***************@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
Years ago I wrote a program to read .lnk files, modify the data and
rewrite
the file.

I modified it slightly and used it for .pif files.

I can't find it nor can I find the API calls I used.

Can you direct me to some info on this subject?
thanks

Jan 25 '07 #7

Frank

Can anyone say something about .pif files.

They appear to be managed with the same API calls

I have some old ones that are less than 300 bytes long.

If I use a program I found that reads .LNK files it reads the .pif file ok
except it misses the command line.

If I use explorer to show the properties, when I close the properties the
file it is recreated as over 2000 bytes long. I think the original was 8-bit
character strings and the new on still contains that but adds 16-bit
character strings.

Does anyone know anything about any of this??
THANKS

" Frank" <fr***@a-znet.comwrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

thanks for the info
"Cholo Lennon" <ch*********@hotmail.comwrote in message
news:eI****************@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>You must use COM to manage IShellLink (using for that CLSID_ShellLink und
IID_IShellLink)

Take a look that (be careful, the address is too long and may appear cut)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ll_int_program
ming/shortcuts/shortcut.asp

Regards
--
Cholo Lennon
Bs.As.
ARG

" Frank" <fr***@a-znet.comwrote in message
news:uO**************@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>I've been searching but the search key you gave me give new hits.

thanks
"Christian Kaiser" <bc**@gmx.dewrote in message
news:uu**************@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
Google mal nach CLSID_ShellLink und IID_IShellLink. Ab da geht's
vermutlich
von selbst weiter... ;-)

Ch.

" Frank" <fr***@a-znet.comwrote in message
news:%2***************@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
Years ago I wrote a program to read .lnk files, modify the data and
rewrite
the file.

I modified it slightly and used it for .pif files.

I can't find it nor can I find the API calls I used.

Can you direct me to some info on this subject?
thanks

Jan 25 '07 #8

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