How to Copy Shortcuts

Keywords: 	 copy shortcut ShortcutMake	ShortcutExtra

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Question:

How to copy the shortcut file

For eg i have a xyz shortcut in C:\Test dir i need to copy this short cut to D:\Work directory.

Answer:

You can't.

Use ShortCutInfo to get all the data out of the shortcut then use ShortCutMake and ShortCutExtra to make a new one.

How to copy a shortcut file.

oldcut="c:\windows\desktop\something.lnk"
newcut="c:\temp\something.lnk"
info=ShortCutInfo(oldcut)
target=    ItemExtract(1, info, @tab)
params=    ItemExtract(2, info, @tab)
workdir=   ItemExtract(3, info, @tab)
showmode=  ItemExtract(4, info, @tab)
desc=      ItemExtract(5, info, @tab)
hotkey=    ItemExtract(6, info, @tab)

iconfile=  ItemExtract(7, info, @tab)
iconindex= ItemExtract(8, info, @tab)

ShortcutMake(newcut, target, params, workdir, showmode)
ShortcutExtra(newcut, desc, hotkey, iconfile, iconindex) 

Message(newcut, "Copied")

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Article ID:   W14403

Filename:   Copying Shortcuts.txt