Returns the target of a .lnk shortcut link
Syntax
HRESULT WINAPI GetAppPathFromLink (
IShellItem* pItem,
LPWSTR pwszPathBuffer,
DWORD dwBufferLen
)
Parameters
- pItem
- IShellItem interface representing the link shortcut file
- pwszPathBuffer
- A pointer to the buffer that will receive the target of the link
- dwBufferLen
- Size of pwszPathBuffer in characters
Return Value
S_OK is the function succeeds, standard COM error code otherwise
Remarks
/*You can use SHCreateShellItem, SHCreateItemWithParent, SHCreateItemFromIDList, SHCreateItemFromParsingName or SHCreateItemFromRelativeName to create an IShellItem.
pItem can also be an IShellItem2.
pItem is queried for a IShellLinkW interface by means of IShellItem::BindToHandler(NULL, BHID_SFUIObject, IID_PPV_ARGS(&pShellLinkW)) which is used to get the path.