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Title: Desktop Icon/shortcut verification
Post by: scotts on January 20, 2014, 01:43:13 PM

Hi,

how may I determine if a specific icon/shortcut exists on the current user desktop , and altimately alter it?

Thanks for nay nudge in the correct direction

Scott

Title: Re: Desktop Icon/shortcut verification
Post by: scotts on January 20, 2014, 02:24:10 PM

BTW - I know of ShortcutInfo and ShortCutDir, but I was looking for a way to determine if a shortcut is on the public desktop or the user desktop - etc. Almost like the FileItemize command..

Thanks

Title: Re: Desktop Icon/shortcut verification
Post by: Deana on January 21, 2014, 12:59:59 PM

I recommend using FileExist. keep in mind that the underling file contains the file extension .lnk.

Code (winbatch) Select

desktop = ShortCutDir("Desktop")              ; User
commondesktop = ShortCutDir("Common Desktop") ; Public
ret = FileExist( desktop : "Test.lnk" )
if ret
   Pause("Shortcut","Exists.") 
else
   Pause("Shortcut","Does Not Exist.") 
endif

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