>George--
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>>The WSH can do this as well, plus retrieve the name of the All User's Desktop.

oShell = CREATEOBJECT('WScript.Shell')
>>? oShell.SpecialFolders("AllUsersDesktop")
>>? oShell.SpecialFolders("Desktop")

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>I would like to look at the contents of an existing shortcut (especially the Target). Is there any way to do this (I am using Win 2K)?
>
>Thanks.
>
Tim,

If you use the CreateShortCut() method, if the short already exists, you get a reference to it that you can manipulate. See the October, 2000 issue of the VFUG newsletter. It's available on-line at www.vfug.org. My late friend Ed Rauh and I discuss this in that issue.