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Presence of a shortcut in Win XP
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27/10/2004 11:11:03
 
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
Windows API functions
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00954766
Message ID:
00954886
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19
Sergey--

>>If my app is running under WIN XP, how do I determine if a shortcut is present? Can I look at its contents (e.g., what is the target)?.
>>
>A shorcut is a file with .LNK extension and you can check for it existance, as such. See Re: How to Create Shortcuts/Get Desktop Folder Message #866827 for WSH code to create/modify shortcut.


Thanks.

The thread was very helpful. Unless I misunderstood something, the thread talks about creating a shortcut. I would like to know how to see what is in a current shortcut. I posted a message to George Tasker asking about this. He seemed pretty knowledgeable.

Tim
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