How to delete a shortcut with C++

[commi]

I have looked at iShellLink and iPersistFile interfaces but see no API for removing a shortcut. Any help is appreciated here.

 

[Cagliostro]

use the same API as for deleting ordinary files. You know what a shortcut is something like an ordinary file.
DeleteFile(
LPCTSTR lpFileName //put there file name of the shortcut
);


Ion Filipski

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[Cagliostro]

P.S. instead of something I;d say same thing

Ion Filipski

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[palbano]

Hmmm... have not actually tried this but i would think you could just delete the .lnk file that the Shell created for you. That is all there is to the shortcuts i believe.

-pete

 

[commi]

I have tried CFileFind and it does not recognize links, nor does remove, so links are not the same as regular files. Also, you need to use COM to create one from what I have read. I'll look at DeleteFile to see if it works, but I am sceptical at this point.

 

[Cagliostro]

Look, if you have a shortcut named xxxx, the sortcut's file name is xxxx.lnk.
TO delete shortcut xxxx, use
DeleteFile("xxxx.lnk"

Ion Filipski

ICQ: 95034075
AIM: IonFilipski
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[palbano]

Ok, i tried it, DeleteFile() works as expected. It's just a file.

-pete

 

[commi]

Thanks for your help.