Accessing target path from a shortcut file on a 64 bit system using 32 bit application

Question

I'm trying to access the target path from a shortcut(.lnk) file on a 64bit machine using my 32 bit application. To get the path, I was using the following code.

WshShell shell = new WshShell();
IWshShortcut link = (IWshShortcut)shell.CreateShortcut(flexShortcut);
FLEXEXE = link.TargetPath;

This returns the path C:\Program Files (X86)\.. instead of C:\Program Files\..

Is there any work around for this?

Answer 1

A trick to be used is to

1. Get the file name from link.TargetPath
2. Get the working directory from link.WorkingDirectory
3. Append path