getparent() etc...? "... and so i said to him ... if it don't dance (or code) and you can't eat it either f**k it or throw it away" biz stuff   about me

thats why i use a timeout of 10 seconds ... a klunk of a compromise but at least sanity shows its face occasionally :) "... and so i said to him ... if it don't dance (or code) and you can't eat it either f**k it or throw it away" sonork: 100.18128   8028finder.com

GetCurrentProcess() does that.

DCOM i think is what you'd be interested in reading about. "An expert is someone who has made all the mistakes in his or her field" - Niels Bohr

A small update... Something like: schService = CreateService( schSCManager, // SCManager database TEXT(SZSERVICENAME), // name of service TEXT(SZSERVICEDISPLAYNAME), // name to display SERVICE\_ALL\_ACCESS, // desired access SERVICE\_WIN32\_OWN\_PROCESS, // service type SERVICE\_DEMAND\_START, // start type SERVICE\_ERROR\_NORMAL, // error control type szPath, // service's binary NULL, // no load ordering group NULL, // no tag identifier TEXT(SZDEPENDENCIES), // dependencies NULL, // LocalSystem account NULL); // no password - Anders Money talks, but all mine ever says is "Goodbye!"

KB article Q125714 has some information. Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com

Deepak Khajuria wrote: hres = CoCreateInstance(CLSID_ShellLink, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, IID_IShellLink, &psl); I get an error when giving &psl to CoCreateInstance... the error disappears when I cast it to a void** pointer... but then the call fails... Actually, what my only wish to do is to get the target path of a link and I know the path to the link. Any ideas?

Thanks :):) MR.Byte

Thanks :) MR.Byte

You probably find the ADO does everything you'll need. There are some good wrapper classes on CodeProject. http://www.codeproject.com/database/ Michael :-)