C++ Displaying ShortCut Target

[TalosBlack]

I was wondering if anyone knows what command i need to display a .LNK's target. I need to do this so if i have a shortcut to a folder in a file tree my program will be able to go to that folder. I have my program going through all the folders already by doing a recursive search implemented with _findfirst and _findnext. I found some code on the web however i'm not able to get it to compile it seems that that windows.h is being ran included twice, however i don't include it at all. I think there is a conflict between two of the header files i seem to need (#include <shlobj.h>
#include <afx.h>). At anyrate if anyone knows anything about how i can look at the target of a shortcut .LNK file or anotehr way to jump to it's target please let me know. BTW i am stuck using visual studio 4.0 at work so i can't use namespace or mscorlib (at least i don't think i can). Any help would be vastly appreciated.

Thanks

John

 

[CodingNovice]

Go to http:\\msdn.microsoft.com and search for &quot;resolving shell links&quot;. You need to be comfortable using COM to do this. There is information at MSDN and in the visual C++ help files.