Title: Get filepath from shortcut
Question: How to obtain the linked file from a shortcut
Answer:
function ExeFromLink(const linkname: string): string;
var
FDir,
FName,
ExeName: PChar;
z: integer;
begin
ExeName:= StrAlloc(MAX_PATH);
FName:= StrAlloc(MAX_PATH);
FDir:= StrAlloc(MAX_PATH);
StrPCopy(FName, ExtractFileName(linkname));
StrPCopy(FDir, ExtractFilePath(linkname));
z:= FindExecutable(FName, FDir, ExeName);
if z 32 then
Result:= StrPas(ExeName)
else
Result:= '';
StrDispose(FDir);
StrDispose(FName);
StrDispose(ExeName);
end;