File Directory Search moving through shortcuts

[TalosBlack]

I am writing a program that explores a file tree it moves through the directories and files and takes certain information from the files to compare it to another file. I have figured out how to use the _findfirst and _findnext commands to move through a directory. The problem is i need to be able to move to where shortcuts point. In other words if there is a shortcut in the directory i'm searching i need to be able to move to the shortcuts destination. (providing it's a folder shortcut i'm not concerned for doing anything with shortcuts to files such as exes right now.) Right now when i come across a new folder which i ID through it's attributes i parse the folders name onto the end of my path using the stngcat commmand. I am working with ms visual c++ 4.0. Any help would be great thanks.

John

 

[woja]

Shortcuts are actually files (with a .lnk) extension, as you probably know.

It would seem to me that you need to open these files and find where they point (any at what sort of thing they point at). I don't know the format of these files' contents but I'm sure someong else will or you'll be able to discover this information on the Microsoft web site.

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Roger J Coult; Grimsby, UK
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[woja]

And see the "C++ Displaying ShortCut Target" thread in this forum: more info there.

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Roger J Coult; Grimsby, UK
In the game of life the dice have an odd number of sides.