FSO (File System Object) & Shortcuts

[Tiglet]

I have some code which effectively replicates the functionality of the Search function within Windows. However, when I am searching for files and it picks up a shortcut, it is capturing the attributes of the file that the shortcut points to rather than the shortcut itself. I have looked at the alias attribute within the FSO but it returns the value of 32 i.e. Read/Write changed since last back up - How do I distinguish between genuine files and shortcuts

Thanks in advance

Tiglet

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[PHV]

The name of a shortcut ends with .lnk I guess, doesn't it ?

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[Tiglet]

Yep, unfortunately, I've tried retrieving only *.lnk files but the FSO then retrieves the attributes of where the shortcut points to. This is really bugging me :-(



Tiglet

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[PHV]

Have a look here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/script56/html/wsObjWshShortcut.asp

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[EBGreen]

You may be able to use the WMI Win32_ShortcutFile class to your advantage for this as well.

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[Tiglet]

Okay, thanks guys, I'll have a look & let you know how I get on

Cheers

Tiglet

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[Tiglet]

After a little more digging, apparently it's a "bug" in the FSO where it returns the attributes of the target file rather than the shortcut so a different approach is definitely needed.

Thanks for all the suggestions

Tiglet

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