This is dumb, but if you've got the NT ResKit, you can use shortcut.exe like this:

code:

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break on

$linkDir = "c:\shortcuts"         ; Directory where your shortcut lives
$linkFile = "notepad.lnk"         ; Shortcut name
$tempFile = "%temp%\shortcut.tmp" ; Temporary work file

if exist ( "$linkDir\$linkFile" )

 cd "$linkDir"

 del "$tempFile"

 shell '%comspec% /c c:\ntreskit\shortcut.exe -u t "$linkFile" > "$tempFile"'

 if exist ( "$tempFile" ) and open ( 1, "$tempFile", 2 ) = 0

  $target = readline (1)

  ?"target = $target"

  $= close (1)

 endif

endif

exit

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Shawn.