JclShell.TShellLink.Target gives back the wrong path:
uses
JclShell;
...
var
ThisShellLinkRecord: JclShell.TShellLink;
ThisTargetExePath: string;
begin
JclShell.ShellLinkResolve('C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Xara\Xara Designer Pro X9\Xara Designer Pro X9.lnk', ThisShellLinkRecord);
ThisTargetExePath := ThisShellLinkRecord.Target;
ThisTargetExePath from the above code results as:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Xara\Xara Designer Pro X9\DesignerPro.exe
Please note the (x86) in the resulting target path which indicates the 32-bit program files path.
HOWEVER, this is the wrong path and does not exist! When I manually open the Properties dialog of the Xara Designer Pro start menu link from the Windows Start Menu, the target path is:
C:\Program Files\Xara\Xara Designer Pro X9\DesignerPro.exe
Please note that this is the 64-bit program files path and DOES exist!
So why does ShellLinkResolve give back the wrong data here?
EDIT: I've opened the link in Notepad++: I've found only the ABSOLUTE 64-bit program files path in it (no environment variable), see here: goo.gl/jWUDb9
EDIT2:
You are right, there are different results if compiled as a 32-bit program or as a 64-bit program:
procedure TForm1.btn1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
ThisShellLinkRecord: JclShell.TShellLink;
begin
JclShell.ShellLinkResolve(Edit1.Text, ThisShellLinkRecord);
{$IFDEF WIN32}
Form1.Caption := 'This is a 32-bit program';
Label1.Caption := ThisShellLinkRecord.Target;
{$ELSE}
Form1.Caption := 'This is a 64-bit program';
Label1.Caption := JclFileUtils.PathGetLongName(ThisShellLinkRecord.Target);
{$ENDIF}
end;
Here are the visual results:
http://goo.gl/MttrZA
http://goo.gl/hvQqP6
EDIT3: Here is the encoded link file (Xara Designer Pro X9.lnk, encoded with Soap.EncdDecd.EncodeBase64):
TAAAAAEUAgAAAAAAwAAAAAAAAEabAAAAICAAAHCmGD2HDc8Ba9NGcKwWzwFwphg9hw3PASiAxAEA AAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANcBFAAfUOBP0CDqOmkQotgIACswMJ0ZAC9DOlwAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAiAAxAAAAAAA1RFVrESBQUk9HUkF+MQAAcAAIAAQA777uOoUaNURVayoAAAA8AAAA AAABAAAAAAAAAAAARgAAAAAAUAByAG8AZwByAGEAbQAgAEYAaQBsAGUAcwAAAEAAcwBoAGUAbABs ADMAMgAuAGQAbABsACwALQAyADEANwA4ADEAAAAYAEoAMQAAAAAANURVaxAgWGFyYQAANgAIAAQA 7741RFVrNURVayoAAABpfRUAAAAFAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWABhAHIAYQAAABQAbgAxAAAAAAA1 RFlrECBYQVJBREV+MQAAVgAIAAQA7741RFVrNURZayoAAABqfRUAAAADAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA WABhAHIAYQAgAEQAZQBzAGkAZwBuAGUAcgAgAFAAcgBvACAAWAA5AAAAGABoADIAKIDEASlE+rAg IERFU0lHTn4xLkVYRQAATAAIAAQA774pRPqwNURZayoAAACEgRUAAAADAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA RABlAHMAaQBnAG4AZQByAFAAcgBvAC4AZQB4AGUAAAAcAAAAcwAAABwAAAABAAAAHAAAADcAAAAA AAAAcgAAABsAAAADAAAAdG6zfBAAAABXaW43U1lTVEVNAEM6XFByb2dyYW0gRmlsZXNcWGFyYVxY YXJhIERlc2lnbmVyIFBybyBYOVxEZXNpZ25lclByby5leGUAAEwALgAuAFwALgAuAFwALgAuAFwA LgAuAFwALgAuAFwALgAuAFwALgAuAFwAUAByAG8AZwByAGEAbQAgAEYAaQBsAGUAcwBcAFgAYQBy AGEAXABYAGEAcgBhACAARABlAHMAaQBnAG4AZQByACAAUAByAG8AIABYADkAXABEAGUAcwBpAGcA bgBlAHIAUAByAG8ALgBlAHgAZQArAEMAOgBcAFAAcgBvAGcAcgBhAG0AIABGAGkAbABlAHMAXABY AGEAcgBhAFwAWABhAHIAYQAgAEQAZQBzAGkAZwBuAGUAcgAgAFAAcgBvACAAWAA5AFwAEAAAAAUA AKAmAAAAtQAAABwAAAALAACgtmNekL/BTkmynGW3MtPSGrUAAABNAAAACQAAoEEAAAAxU1BT4opY RrxMOEO7/BOTJphtziUAAAAEAAAAAB8AAAAJAAAAUwAtADEALQA1AC0AMQA4AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AGAAAAADAACgWAAAAAAAAABoYXVwdC1wYwAAAAAAAAAAEIn2YAe8i0eH0eCntqcHxhEBFJmGguMR s54cb2UwHBYQifZgB7yLR4fR4Ke2pwfGEQEUmYaC4xGznhxvZTAcFgAAAAA=
Maybe this help: direct reading of target path from lnk file via parsing of internal structures:
type
TdecShellLinkHeader = packed record
HeaderSize: DWORD;
LinkCLSID: TGUID;
LinkFlags: DWORD;
FileAttributes: DWORD;
CreationTime: TFILETIME;
AccessTime: TFILETIME;
WriteTime: TFILETIME;
FileSize: DWORD;
IconIndex: Integer;
ShowCommand: DWORD;
HotKey: Word;
Reserved1: Word;
Reserved2: DWORD;
Reserved3: DWORD;
end;
const
LnkFileCLSID: TGUID = '{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}';
function DirectReadTargetNameFromLnkFile(const AFileName: UnicodeString): UnicodeString;
var
Stream: TStream;
Header: TdecShellLinkHeader;
Size: Word;
IDList: PItemIDList;
Desktop: IShellFolder;
ShellFolder: IShellFolder;
ChildItem: PItemIDList;
StrRet: TStrRet;
AnsiResult: AnsiString;
Result2: UnicodeString;
begin
Result := '';
Stream := TFileStream.Create(AFileName, fmOpenRead);
try
Stream.ReadBuffer(Header, SizeOf(Header));
if not (Header.HeaderSize = SizeOf(Header)) or
not IsEqualCLSID(Header.LinkCLSID, LnkFileCLSID) then
raise Exception.Create('Invalid Lnk file');
if Header.LinkFlags and SLDF_HAS_ID_LIST <> 0 then
begin
Stream.ReadBuffer(Size, SizeOf(Size));
IDList := CoTaskMemAlloc(Size);
try
Stream.ReadBuffer(IDList^, Size);
OleCheck(SHGetDesktopFolder(Desktop));
try
OleCheck(SHBindToParent(IDList, IShellFolder, Pointer(ShellFolder), ChildItem));
try
OleCheck(ShellFolder.GetDisplayNameOf(ChildItem, SHGDN_FORPARSING, StrRet));
case StrRet.uType of
STRRET_WSTR:
begin
Result := StrRet.pOleStr;
CoTaskMemFree(StrRet.pOleStr);
end;
STRRET_OFFSET:
begin
Inc(PByte(ChildItem), StrRet.uOffset);
Result := UnicodeString(PAnsiChar(ChildItem));
end;
STRRET_CSTR:
Result := UnicodeString(AnsiString(StrRet.cStr));
else Result := '';
end;
Exit;
finally
ShellFolder := nil;
end;
finally
Desktop := nil;
end;
finally
CoTaskMemFree(IDList);
end;
end;
if Header.LinkFlags and SLDF_HAS_LINK_INFO <> 0 then
begin
Stream.ReadBuffer(Size, SizeOf(Size));
Stream.Seek(Size - SizeOf(Size), soFromCurrent);
end;
if Header.LinkFlags and SLDF_HAS_NAME <> 0 then
begin
Stream.ReadBuffer(Size, SizeOf(Size));
if Header.LinkFlags and SLDF_UNICODE <> 0 then
Stream.Seek(Size * SizeOf(WideChar), soFromCurrent)
else
Stream.Seek(Size * SizeOf(AnsiChar), soFromCurrent);
end;
if Header.LinkFlags and SLDF_HAS_RELPATH <> 0 then
begin
Stream.ReadBuffer(Size, SizeOf(Size));
if Header.LinkFlags and SLDF_UNICODE <> 0 then
begin
SetLength(Result, Size);
if Size > 0 then
Stream.ReadBuffer(PWideChar(Result)^, Size * SizeOf(WideChar));
end
else
begin
SetLength(AnsiResult, Size);
if Size > 0 then
Stream.ReadBuffer(PAnsiChar(AnsiResult)^, Size * SizeOf(AnsiChar));
Result := AnsiResult;
end;
if Header.LinkFlags and SLDF_HAS_EXP_SZ <> 0 then
begin
Size := ExpandEnvironmentStringsW(PWideChar(Result), nil, 0);
if Size > 1 then
begin
SetLength(Result2, Size - 1);
ExpandEnvironmentStringsW(PWideChar(Result), PWideChar(Result2), Size);
Result := Result2;
end;
end;
Result2 := ExtractFileDir(AFileName);
while Pos('..\', Result) = 1 do
begin
Result2 := ExtractFileDir(Result2);
Delete(Result, 1, 3);
end;
Result := Result2 + '\' + Result;
end;
finally
Stream.Free;
end;
end;
USE ON YOUR OWN RISK!