Thread: Read a Microsoft LNK file using C?

Hi,
Can anyone point me in the direction of how to identify the file a Windows *.lnk file refers to using C? I know I could use IShellLink in C++, but the program is C only. C++ is not an option.

Thanks in advance.

Code:

#pragma comment( lib, "ole32.lib" ) 
#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <shobjidl.h>
#include <objbase.h>
#include <shlguid.h>

HRESULT GetPath(HWND hwnd, char *pLinkFile, char *pReturnPath) 
{ 
    HRESULT hres; 
    IShellLink* psl; 
    char szPath[MAX_PATH] = {0}; 
    char szDescription[MAX_PATH] = {0}; 
    WIN32_FIND_DATA wfd; 

    hres = CoCreateInstance(CLSID_ShellLink, NULL, 
        CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, IID_IShellLink, (LPVOID *) &psl); 
    if (SUCCEEDED(hres))
	{ 
        IPersistFile* ppf; 
        hres = psl->QueryInterface(IID_IPersistFile, (void**)&ppf); 
        if (SUCCEEDED(hres))
		{ 
            WCHAR wLinkFile[MAX_PATH]; 
            MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP, 0, pLinkFile, -1, wLinkFile, 
                MAX_PATH); 
            hres = ppf->Load(wLinkFile, STGM_READ); 
            if (SUCCEEDED(hres))
			{ 
                hres = psl->Resolve(hwnd, 0); 
                if (SUCCEEDED(hres))
				{ 
                    hres = psl->GetPath(szPath, 
                        MAX_PATH, (WIN32_FIND_DATA *)&wfd, 
                        SLGP_SHORTPATH ); 
						if (FAILED(hres)) 
                   		printf("GetPath failed\n");
                    hres = psl->GetDescription(szDescription, MAX_PATH); 
                    if (FAILED(hres)) 
                    printf("GetDescription failed\n");
                    strcpy(pReturnPath, szPath); 
                } 
            } 
            ppf->Release(); 
        } 
        psl->Release(); 
    } 
    return hres; 
}

int main(void)
{
    char szReturn[512] = {0};   
    CoInitialize(NULL); 
    GetPath(NULL, "c:\\Docume~1\\Alluse~1\\desktop\\Wireshark.lnk" , szReturn);
	printf("%s\n", szReturn);
    CoUninitialize(); 
   return 0;
}