Class shortcutFile

Creates shell shortcuts (.lnk files) and gets shortcut properties.

public sealed class shortcutFile : IDisposable

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Namespace: Au

Assembly: Au.dll

Inheritance

object

shortcutFile

Properties

Name	Description
Arguments	Gets or sets the command-line arguments.
Description	Gets or sets the description text (comment).
Hotkey	Gets or sets hotkey.
ShowState	Gets or sets the window show state. Most programs ignore it.
TargetAnyType	Gets or sets target of any type - file/folder, URL, virtual shell object (see Pidl). The string can be used with run.it.
TargetPath	Gets or sets shortcut target path.
TargetPathRawMSI	Gets shortcut target path and does not correct wrong MSI shortcut target.
TargetPidl	Gets or sets a non-file-system target (eg Control Panel) through its ITEMIDLIST.
TargetURL	Gets or sets a URL target. Note: it is a .lnk shortcut, not a .url shortcut.
WorkingDirectory	Gets or sets the working directory path.

Methods

Name	Description
Dispose()	Releases internally used COM objects (IShellLink, IPersistFile).
GetIconLocation(out int)	Gets custom icon file path and icon index.
Save()	Saves to the shortcut file (.lnk).
SetIconLocation(string, int)	Sets icon file path and icon index.
create(string)	Creates a new shortcutFile instance that can be used to create or replace a shortcut file.
delete(string)	If shortcut file exists, unregisters its hotkey and deletes it.
getTarget(string)	Gets shortcut target path or URL or virtual shell object ITEMIDLIST. Uses shortcutFile.open and shortcutFile.TargetAnyType.
open(string)	Opens a shortcut file (.lnk) for getting shortcut properties.
openOrCreate(string)	Creates a new shortcutFile instance that can be used to create or modify a shortcut file.