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Retrieve link information from a shortcut file

How do I go about retrieving the link info from a shortcut file (*.lnk) on
disk?

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Thanks for any help,
Shayne H


Nov 20 '05 #1
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Hello,

"Shayne H" <shaynehATlycosSPAMGOTOHELLcoDOTuk> schrieb:
How do I go about retrieving the link info from a shortcut file
(*.lnk) on disk?


http://www.vbaccelerator.com/home/NE...ts/article.asp

http://www.msjogren.net/dotnet/eng/s..._shelllink.asp

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Herfried K. Wagner
MVP · VB Classic, VB.NET
http://www.mvps.org/dotnet
Nov 20 '05 #2
Cheers

"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi*******@m.activevb.de> wrote in message
news:ul**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
Hello,

"Shayne H" <shaynehATlycosSPAMGOTOHELLcoDOTuk> schrieb:
How do I go about retrieving the link info from a shortcut file
(*.lnk) on disk?

http://www.vbaccelerator.com/home/NE...jects/Creating
_and_Modifying_Shortcuts/article.asp
http://www.msjogren.net/dotnet/eng/s..._shelllink.asp

--
Herfried K. Wagner
MVP · VB Classic, VB.NET
http://www.mvps.org/dotnet

Nov 20 '05 #3

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