Windows Desktop Shortcut list

[Stephen_Mc]

Hi all, I would like to get a list of Windows Desktop Shortcut's so I can build a list (with associated icons). How can I do this and display the icon and trigger the app when the link is selected? Thanks in advance. Stephen

[Robin Panther]

Probably you should get list of *.lnk files in desktop directory: DirectoryInfo di = new DirectoryInfo(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Desktop)); FileInfo[] fi = di.GetFiles("*.lnk"); Keep in mind, that system links (My computer, My Documents) has no lnk file. Then, for each lnk file you should call shell function CreateShortcut: IWshRuntimeLibrary.WshShellClass ws = new IWshRuntimeLibrary.WshShellClass(); IWshRuntimeLibrary.IWshShortcut sc; for (int i = 0; i < fi.Length; i++) { sc = (IWshRuntimeLibrary.IWshShortcut)ws.CreateShortcut(fi[i].FullName); } Don't forget to add reference to %system32%\wshom.ocx. sc object will hold all information about link: sc.TargetPath - link target sc.Arguments - launch arguments sc.IconLocation - string, that could be used to get icon. These two articles could be helpful for icon extraction: Win32 .NET Hope it helps. ____________________________________________ Robin Panther http://www.robinland.com