I'm trying to read the target file/directory of a shortcut (.lnk) file from Python. Is there a headache-free way to do it? The spec is way over my head. I don't mind using Windows-only APIs. My ult...

I'm currently using Win32ShellFolderManager2 and ShellFolder.getLinkLocation to resolve windows shortcuts in Java. Unfortunately, if the Java program is running as a service under Vista, getLinkLoc...

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I'll explain my goal first to avoid "XY Problem" misunderstandings. I want to be able to produce a file (on Linux) that, when downloaded to a Windows machine and double clicked, will open a (ms off...

I have been looking for a simple way to create a shortcut to a file in C#, but I've only found external dlls that do that. It's actually quite surprising, there's no built in way to do that.. Anyw...

When my MSI package upgrade installation is completed, all shortcuts immediately work as expected, except that the label in the taskbar refers to the binary being executed, rather than giving the s...