>Patches written in vfp6 sp3
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>InstallShield Express adds an icon & shortcut to c:\my dir\patch1.exe
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>Later, I create patch2.exe and when the user upgrades his software, there is are patch2.exe & patch1.exe shortcuts on his desktop.
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>1) I'd like to remove the patch1 shortcut from the desktop when patch2.exe is run.
>2) I also put them into which I would also like to remove using patch2.exe
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>Thanks for any assistance...

Hi Robert,

The trick is to delete the lnk file from the desktop folder. You can get the physical location of that using either my LNKFILES.DLL or the Windows Scripting Host. This what you're looking for?

George

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