Thread: Gettings the real Filename of a shortcur file

Hey, does any1 here know how to get the real filename of a shortcut file in windows? .lnk that is

Here's a function.

Code:

#include <windows.h>
#include <objidl.h>   /* For IPersistFile */
#include <shlobj.h>   /* For IShellLink */

#if defined(_MSC_VER)
#pragma comment(lib, "ole32.lib")
#pragma comment(lib, "uuid.lib")
#endif


/*
 * GetShortcutTarget
 * Retrieves the path that a shortcut file points to.
 *
 * Paramaters:
 *    szShortcutFile    The path to the shortcut file.
 *    szTarget          Pointer to a buffer that will receive the target path.
 *                      The buffer length should be at least MAX_PATH characters.
 *    cchTarget         The size of the szTarget buffer, in characters.
 *
 * Return:
 *    A non-zero value is returned on success. If the function fails zero
 *    will be returned. GetLastError can NOT be called to get an additional error code.
 *
 * Runtime requirements:
 *    CoInitialize or CoInitializeEx must have been called before using this function.
 *
 * Compile requirements:
 *    C++. Include <windows.h>, <objidl.h> & <shlobj.h>. Link "uuid.lib".
 */
BOOL GetShortcutTarget(LPCTSTR szShortcutFile, LPTSTR szTarget, SIZE_T cchTarget)
{
    IShellLink*    psl     = NULL;
    IPersistFile*  ppf     = NULL;
    BOOL           bResult = FALSE;

    if (FAILED( CoCreateInstance(CLSID_ShellLink, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, IID_IShellLink, (void **) &psl) ))
        goto cleanup;

    if (FAILED( psl->QueryInterface(IID_IPersistFile, (void **) &ppf) ))
        goto cleanup;

#   if !defined(UNICODE)
        WCHAR wsz[MAX_PATH];
        if (0 == MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP, 0, szShortcutFile, -1, wsz, MAX_PATH) )
            goto cleanup;
#   else
        LPCWSTR wsz = szShortcutFile;
#   endif

    if (FAILED( ppf->Load(wsz, STGM_READ) ))
        goto cleanup;

    if (NOERROR != psl->GetPath(szTarget, cchTarget, NULL, 0) )
        goto cleanup;

    bResult = TRUE;

cleanup:
    if (ppf) ppf->Release();
    if (psl) psl->Release();
    if (!bResult && cchTarget != 0) szTarget[0] = TEXT('\0');
    return bResult;
}


#if 1 /* Test code. */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <tchar.h>

int main(void)
{
    TCHAR szTarget[MAX_PATH];

    CoInitialize(NULL);

    GetShortcutTarget(
     TEXT("C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Start Menu\\")
     TEXT("Programs\\Accessories\\Calculator.lnk"),
         szTarget, MAX_PATH);

    _tprintf(TEXT("The shortcut target is '%s'.\n"), szTarget);

    CoUninitialize();
    getchar();
    return 0;
}
#endif

wow thks to both, especially for the function its great