GetFiles and shortcuts

[daverage]

Hi all.
I am using getfiles to loop through all the files on my desktop and sort them.
The trouble is it only picks up some of the shortcut files (looking for the lnk extension)
Is there any way of forcing it to pick up all of them.

Also is there a way of getting the file type (not just the extension)

 

[JohnH]

They may be internet shortcuts (.url) or program info shortcuts (.pif) or not shortcuts at all, some of the desktop items are special system mappings like "My Documents", "My Computer" and "Network Places".

 

[daverage]

Cool, that caught a couple, but some still get missed like the firefox shortcut!

 

[daverage]

Ah figured it out, it is to do with them being in the all users area!!

 

[JohnH]

Default browser link is also one of the special system items. Usually it is IE, but if you have set FF as default browser this icon should display instead.