You are right,

The only clue I might have is that my System Admin told me that Microsoft added security to .lnk. So when you receive a file such as: "Have_a_good_time.BMP.LNK" and you click on it you don't have any suprises...


>Hi Luc,
>
>Under WIndow XP I get the link name if extension is specified (GETFILE("lnk")) and not changed to 'all' in the dialog. Otherwise I get the target name. I'm wondering if there's a registry settings that controls it.
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>>I am having a frustrating time getting GETFILE() to return the name of a selected link file in VFP 9 on a 2000 operating system.
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>>If a link file is selected using GETFILE(), it returns the name and path of the file linked instead of the link file itself.
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>>For example, I have a link file called "Test.lnk". It's target is "C:\Docs\Result.doc". If I select it with GETFILE(), it returns "C:\Docs\Result.doc" on a 2000 machine and "Test.lnk" on a XP machine.
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>>I get the same weird behavior with locfile()
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>>Any workaround available ?