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Get the Target of a Windows Shortcut

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Demonstrates how to get the target of a Windows shortcut.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.77 or greater.

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$oFac = ObjCreate("Chilkat.FileAccess")

Local $sTargetPath = $oFac.SymlinkTarget("qa_data/my_shortcut")
If ($oFac.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite("Failed to get shortcut target." & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

ConsoleWrite("target path = " & $sTargetPath & @CRLF)