Detect If Folder Is Shortcut In Vista?
Jul 27, 2009
I have a program here that gets a list of directories from drive, and it works fine, but keeps listing the directories that are actually shortcuts/ junctions. For instance,[code]Will list all the directories(and files as well with .GetFiles) in 'c:\Users\All Users\', even tho 'All Users' is just a shortcut. This can lead to some problems, like 'c:\Users\All Users\Application Data\' lists all the files/folders in "All Users" including "Application Data", so it'll just keep recursing itself until it quits with an error. I can hard code it, and ignore that specific folder, but theres a few other shortcut folders that exist as well..So is there any way to detect and ignore those "directories"?
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May 22, 2009
I have an app written on an xp pc which I want users to run on Vista
The app needs to delete a file on a portable drive in a particular folder
This folder was created on the xp machine and copied to the portable drive
The app will not delete a file in this folder on Vista but it will on xp
When I check folder security on vista (which does not exist on xp) I find that the folder does not have full control assigned
my app will write a file to that folder & delete it but will not delete a file put there from the xp pc
If I change the security in vista to full control it works
what I want to do is see if the folder has full control when the user selects it and advise them they need to alter security as I can not do it in the program
basically I want to advise them the moment they select the folder, not when it fails to delete the file after entering misc details in the app which are reuired before the file is deleted.
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Jan 5, 2009
How can I detect if my current OS which my program is running under, is Windows Vista?note that there are 2 versions of Vista:Vista and Vista SP1.The build number of Vista SP1 is the same as Windows Server 2008 and that makes the problem!I just want to make sure my OS is vista?
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Oct 14, 2010
Can I add a shortcut to a folder to the taskbar? If so, what are the codes to do it?
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Jun 4, 2009
I use vb.net 2005 . I need to create a short cut for a folder. For example
I need create shortcut for "C:SourceFolder "in "D: DistenFolder" and also find
How many Shortcuts are present in this folder?
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Mar 8, 2009
How would I create a shortcut of my exe file when its run, I can work out the directories and stuff but how would I actually create the program that it starts when windows boots?
I have done quite a few google searches and have found nothing to interesting or useful but I did find out that there is two main ways of doing this registry or startup folder and im more pulled into the startup folder because I dont think that I yet know enough about controlling the registry to be confident of using code like that, so I fall to my other alternative using the startup folder to trigger my program, I read somewhere that this doessn not work for vista but im not sure of that. What I would like to as is how you actually create a shortcut as I cant really understand VB6 Code very well its all I could find.
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May 9, 2009
I have an app that requires the user to select a folder, the app runs up/down that folder tree to read/write various files. All that works fine. To select the folder, I support three methods, a FolderBrowserDialog, drag/drop and also a text mechanism where the path can be typed/pasted into a textbox.The issue I have is handling folder shortcuts. Pasting the path is fine and drag/drop is fine because I can sort out what the incoming object is in code. But for folder/shortcut selection by dialog, I've ended up with two buttons, one being the FolderBrowserDialog for folders and the second an OpenFileDialog for shortcuts (set to display only .lnk files).From a users perspective, I think this is quite poor, it also 'looks' plain odd. It forces the user to check what type of folder object they want to use before they can select it. How can I permit folder OR shortcut selection with the same dialog? It seems that my only option is to build my own dialog, which could actually be quite involved, since I would need to replicate the File/Folder dialogs.
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Jul 6, 2010
i want the program to run on startup using the startup folder, NOT the registry.i cannot find anything on the startup folder.whenever people ask about the startup folder, all the replies are about the registry. i am beginning to think that the startup folder is some kind of government secret.
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Apr 26, 2009
How do i make my program appear in the startmenu? My idea was to have the program create a shortcut and copy it to the startmenu folder, but how do i have it create a shortcut of it's self?
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Dec 15, 2011
I had the following error occurred when i want to create shortcut and copy to startup folder. [Code] I don't understand the error message box.
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Jan 14, 2008
I have a Quick Launch Toolbar linked to a folder of shortcuts.In this folder I link other folders and applications that I use commonly.I'm trying to use WSH to create a shortcut to a folder in my Quick Launch toolbar, but the shortcut isn't being created correctly.I suspect my problem is that, evidently, Windows has two kinds of shortcuts to folders.Using Explorer,I navigate to my Quick Launch folder, and choose the File | New | Shortcut, supplying the name of another folder as a target, it creates the shortcut.Using Explorer, looking at the shortcut in the details panel, Win says the shortcut is of type "Shortcut". Looking at its properties, the type is also Shortcut, and looking at the Shortcut tab, the Target Type is "Folder" and the Target location is the path I supplied. Now create the shortcut another way.Locate the folder in Explorer, and right-click-drag it to the same Quick Launch folder, choosing to Create a Shortcut.Now, Explorer thinks the shortcut is of type "Folder" and looking at it's properties, the Type is Folder (Target Type isn't shown) and the Target does point to the real location.There isn't a Shortcut tab now either.Both are definitely shortcuts to the same folder (I've double-checked), but they work differently in Quick Launch.If you pull up the Quick Launch toolbar and hover over the second shorcut, Windows pops out a sub-menu that contains the folder's contents. However, there is no such functionality using the first shortcut, you would have to choose Explore from the right-click menu to view it's contents.
(Below, the "Work" dir is my Quick Launch toolbar's folder)Using WSH, I can create a shortcut that doesn't autoexpand as follows: Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")[code].....
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Jan 5, 2009
How do you people get this special folder?
D:UsersMy User Name
I tried to get all special folders but was not able to get this one in Vista! IS that possible or I cannot find it?
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Aug 2, 2010
I wanted to give my user an option for "Start with Windows". When user check this option it will place a shortcut icon into Startup folder (not in registry). On Windows restart, it will load my app automatically.
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Jun 27, 2009
if it is not possible to password protect a folder in Vista how it comes that exist some application specifically designed to lock folders? How do they managed to achieve something that should be impossible? Why there is not a function in vb.net that allows to lock folders?
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May 5, 2011
I was having trouble before editing the registry on a WPF application I'm working on, in order to get autostart to work, so I ended up creating a shortcut in the startup folder to automatically start the application. My problem is, that this not working on Windows 7 (and Im guessing Vista too). Here's my code. Does Environment.SpecialFolder.Startup not work on Windows 7?
Dim PathToStartupFolder As String = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Startup)
If File.Exists(PathToStartupFolder & "Application.Exe.LNK") = False Then
Dim ShellObject As New IWshRuntimeLibrary.WshShell
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Feb 15, 2009
I have made an application that shared a folder for "everyone" on windows XP. I tried to run this application on a Vista PC, but when it tries to share , it fails. What's the different in sharing folder from vista to XP ? How i can fix my application for vista ?
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Jun 21, 2012
when I publish my app and run the setiup it places the shortcut under a folder in the start menu called Microsoft
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Jun 1, 2009
I have nerver used my application in windows vista or windows 7.It turns that WinXp SP 2 supports great but when i run it in windows 7 , it shows error like this but I can't install MDAC28 in windows 7 Because it is for windows 9x.Isn't vista/7 contain JetOledb components?.I have some other questions too in windows vista/7 there are some restriction on folder viewing .. In few of application , I used to save some info in system32 folder now those applications are also working.How we can save infos in windows 7 at system directory?
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Oct 13, 2011
how do you find the default temporary folder in windows xp, vista and windows 7?
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May 20, 2009
What is the syntax for the windows XP/Vista Application Data folder When i use
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May 30, 2009
i compile my form with the below code when i run it on vista work fine without any problem but when i try to run in on XP cant run... that happened with any XP machine.[code]when i run my exe to other Vista machines work fine... but on xp NO.
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Feb 21, 2011
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Mar 15, 2009
i have created an application using vb.net 2008 which will maintain backup of the database in system32 folder
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Dec 25, 2010
Make a folder, based on an input file - example :
You have a file named Movie1.avi on your desktop, u open up the program (that I want to make) and then simply drag drop that file into a box area, and then the program will create a folder, with the same name as the input file, but without the extension (folder name Movie1) and then automatically put that file into the folder it just created.
The new folder will be created in the same dir as the input file.
Multiple file support - is NOT needed.
I know how it will be done, but I don't know the code..
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Jun 15, 2009
how i can write a program to create a shortcut in the startup folder of a different program. So i have one program on my computer that should run at startup, i just need another program to create a shortcut to it, and then copy this shortcut into the startup folder.
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Oct 21, 2010
I am trying to use Setup project. Want my setup to create a desktop shortcut with my application.I donot understand how to do it. Clicked on User's desktop, I created Shortcut to User's desktop, changed the properties Target and Working Folder as 'Application Folder'But it does not connect with MyApplication.exe When I ran the setup and tested Desktop short cut, it took me to the folder where application was installed, instead of running the application.How to make the application run using this shortcut?
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Jan 13, 2011
Im using VB express 2010, can I call (use) a shortcut that exist to a file or folder?I have a userform with buttons that I wish to use to open files and or folder locations for browsing.
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Jun 5, 2010
I'm trying to extract the icon from a shortcut (lnk file), but I end up with the shortcut symbol in the lower-left hand corner of the image. How can I extract a shortcut's icon without this symbol?
Here's the code I'm using:
Dim ico As System.Drawing.Icon = System.Drawing.Icon.ExtractAssociatedIcon("C:shortcut.lnk")
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Oct 11, 2009
I am been working on an a small app that has a Forms.Webbrowser control that navigates to a Adobe Flash program. I have developed the app on Vista 32bit platform and have had no problems. I have sent the app to a couple of people to test out and one is using Vista 64bit and is running into a problem. I know the webbrowser control just uses the underlying base framework of IE. The problem on the 64 bit machine is when the site is navigated to it says that it needs to have Flash installed. When the user goes to Adobe's site it says they need to use a 32bit browser.
As stated on Adobe site here:[URL] the Flash player need to be in a 32 bit browser. What options do I have to be able fix this problem? Is there another control that I can use that would be the same in a 32bit platform and 64bit platform? Besides navigating to the Flash program, the browser also goes to standard web pages.
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May 13, 2009
I am using Visual Studio 2008 Setup project. I need to copy one folder and the sub folders into the program files but when I tried to copy or add the folder to "Application Folder" in File System editor, I am able to add only files and not folders.
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