ShellLinkObject object

Manages Shell links. This object makes much of the functionality of the IShellLink interface available to scripting applications.

Members

The ShellLinkObject object has these types of members:

• Methods
• Properties

Methods

The ShellLinkObject object has these methods.

Method	Description
GetIconLocation	Gets the location of the icon assigned to the link.
Resolve	Looks for the target of a Shell link, even if the target has been moved or renamed.
Save	Saves all changes to the link.
SetIconLocation	Sets the location of the icon assigned to the link.

 

Properties

The ShellLinkObject object has these properties.

Property	Access type	Description
Arguments	Read/write	Contains a link's arguments.
Description	Read/write	Gets or sets the description of the link.
Hotkey	Read/write	Gets or sets the keyboard shortcut for the link.
Path	Read/write	Gets or sets the path to the link object.
ShowCommand	Read/write	Gets or sets the initial display state (sized, minimized, or maximized) of the link's command.
WorkingDirectory	Read/write	Gets or sets the working directory specified in the link.

 

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2003 [desktop apps only]
Header	Shldisp.h
IDL	Shldisp.idl
DLL	Shell32.dll (version 5.0 or later)

See also

Shell Links