Any function to change windows start menu shortcut properties ?

[Ganesh]

I have to change the tartget property of a windows start->Program->X's
shortcut properties using c program. Do we have any function for that ?
please reply me ASAP.. as it is urgent !

 

[Richard Bos]

I have to change the tartget property of a windows start->Program->X's
shortcut properties using c program. Do we have any function for that ?

Not, AFAIK, using ISO C, unless you want to fopen() the shortcut file,
fread() its contents, and fwrite() the new contents. Even then, you need
to know both the structure of a shortcut file (which should be known
somewhere; perhaps on <http://www.wotsit.org>?), and the location of the
shortcut file; there are no directory browsing functions in ISO C.
There is, in any case, no function to do all this for you using a single
call. There may be one in the M$-Windows API, but for those, you need to
ask in a microsoft.something group; comp.lang.c is about ISO C only.

please reply me ASAP.. as it is urgent !

Tsk... learn not to rely on Usenet in emergencies. Sooner or later, it
will bite you.

Richard

 

[Ganesh]

Not, AFAIK, using ISO C, unless you want to fopen() the shortcut file,
fread() its contents, and fwrite() the new contents. Even then, you need
to know both the structure of a shortcut file (which should be known
somewhere; perhaps on <http://www.wotsit.org>?), and the location of the
shortcut file; there are no directory browsing functions in ISO C.
There is, in any case, no function to do all this for you using a single
call. There may be one in the M$-Windows API, but for those, you need to
ask in a microsoft.something group; comp.lang.c is about ISO C only.


Tsk... learn not to rely on Usenet in emergencies. Sooner or later, it
will bite you.

Richard

Hi Richard,
Thank you for the reply... i will try with the file operation. and i
got the file format from wotsit.. i will try with tht. i thought
urgent in google will take 2 days. bt seems this group is very much
active.. thanks for your time

rgds,
Ganesh R