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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.

PowerShell

Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$fac = New-Object Chilkat.FileAccess

$targetPath = $fac.SymlinkTarget("qa_data/my_shortcut")
if ($fac.LastMethodSuccess -ne $true) {
    $("Failed to get shortcut target.")
    exit
}

$("target path = " + $targetPath)