Can the .NET OpenFileDialog be setup to allow the user to select a .lnk file

Question

I want to show a dialog that will allow the user to select a shortcut (.lnk) file. My problem is that the dialog tries to get the file/URL the shortcut is pointing to rather

Answer 1

The following code returned a .lnk filename for me

  public static string PromptForOpenFilename (Control parent)
  {
     OpenFileDialog dlg = new OpenFileDialog ();

     dlg.Filter = "Link (*.lnk)|*.lnk";
     dlg.Multiselect = false;
     dlg.FileName = null;

     DialogResult res;
     if (null != parent)
        res = dlg.ShowDialog (parent);
     else
        res = dlg.ShowDialog ();

     if (DialogResult.OK == res)
        return dlg.FileName;
     return null;
  }