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IWshShortcut still works fine on Windows 10
Otherwise, another standard method is with ShellLinkObject object (Reference Shell32.dll)
Accessing a Windows shortcut (.lnk file) in VB 2019
Ron Sipherd
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I am updating an older Visual Basic program that interrogates and modifies the properties of shortcut files. The program currently uses the Windows Script Host Object Model (Interop.IWshRuntimeLibrary.dll): Imports WSH = IWshRuntimeLibrary 'Windows Script Host ... Dim myShell As WSH.WshShell = New WSH.WshShell() 'Windows Script Host Dim MyShortcut As WSH.WshShortcut but the online documentation for this suggests it is obsolete. What is the current best practice for this set of operations on shortcuts?
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Xingyu Zhao-MSFT 5,381 Reputation points2021-03-22T06:55:31.59+00:00 Hi @Ron Sipherd ,
but the online documentation for this suggests it is obsolete.
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Ron Sipherd 276 Reputation points
2021-04-09T20:36:57.587+00:00 (Would have responded sooner, but I thought this system provided notification of replies.)
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions//xk6kst2k(v=vs.85)
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Am unclear on how to "check the Microsoft Product Lifecycle".
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Castorix31 90,686 Reputation points2021-03-22T08:27:16.743+00:00 -
Ron Sipherd 276 Reputation points
2021-04-09T20:39:14.61+00:00 Thanks! Yes, it does seem to, but I believe it is deprecated; am looking for the current favored approach.
Will take a look at ShellLinkObject.
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