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Problems with shortcut files

Hello everyone,

I need away to find the actual file a shortcut points to, using VB. I
am not even sure where to start.

You help is greatly appreciated.

TIM

Oct 4 '06 #1
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>I need away to find the actual file a shortcut points to, using VB. I
>am not even sure where to start.
You could start here:
http://www.msjogren.net/dotnet/eng/s..._shelllink.asp
Mattias

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Oct 4 '06 #2

Mattias Sjögren wrote:
I need away to find the actual file a shortcut points to, using VB. I
am not even sure where to start.

You could start here:
http://www.msjogren.net/dotnet/eng/s..._shelllink.asp
Mattias

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I tried searching for the Class ShellShortcut that is refered in this
page. But I cant seem to find it anywhere. How do I access this .net
class.

Oct 4 '06 #3
>I tried searching for the Class ShellShortcut that is refered in this
>page. But I cant seem to find it anywhere. How do I access this .net
class.
ShellShortcut isn't a standard .NET class library class. It's defined
in the ShellShortcut.vb source file in the download package.
Mattias

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