[RESOLVED] once again how can i open a *.lnk

Hello
:confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:
please, i know they are many threads which deals about the running of *.lnk files in VB 6, but some are to difficult for me, or they are not working.

please when someone knows the solution of this problem post it here, it will help many people ;)

thanx for any answer which moves this problem forward or solve it

many thanx :wave:

BlueDragon

There are 1,643,453 threads dealing with lnk files :D

Just ShellExecute the lnk file without a verb action.

VB Code:

Option Explicit
 
Private Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ShellExecuteA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpOperation As String, _
ByVal lpFile As String, ByVal lpParameters As String, ByVal lpDirectory As String, ByVal nShowCmd As Long) As Long
 
Private Const SW_SHOWNORMAL As Long = 1
 
Private Sub Command1_Click()
    ShellExecute 0&, vbNullString, "C:\VBForums.lnk", vbNullString, "C:\", SW_SHOWNORMAL
End Sub

Thanx!!!

my app is working now ;)

but it is only the first part ;)

thanx!!!