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About Lnkfiles.dll of George Tasker
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Visual FoxPro
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Windows API functions
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>>If found this LnkFiles.dll vary nice. I start using it for a small job and it work fine.
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>>I do have a question for George or nany one that know. How can I get the global desktop folder for Win NT 4.0. When I use the FindDesktopFolder() function it return me the user profile desktop folder. I want to set the link file in the global desktop folder. This way any user will have access to the link file.
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>Hi Jean-Rene,
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>Unfortunately, I didn't include the ability to retrieve the Common Desktop folder. It would have to be an added function. If I can find the time, I'll see if I can add this. However, I won't have any way to test it. If I do get it added I'll post back.

The magic solution, as usual, is to use the Windows Scripting Host! The Wscript.Shell object has a SpecialFolders collection, and one of the items in the collection is the AllUsersDesktop...
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