Visual Basic 6.0

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.

Visual Basic 6.0

Dim fac As New CkFileAccess

Dim targetPath As String
targetPath = fac.SymlinkTarget("qa_data/my_shortcut")
If (fac.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print "Failed to get shortcut target."
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.Print "target path = " & targetPath