>Sergey--
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>>>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)?.
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>>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.
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>Thanks.
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>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.
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As George explained to me a while ago, you can use the same CreateShortcut method to Read/Modify existing shortcut.