Get target of shortcut folder

Question

How do you get the directory target of a shortcut folder? I\'ve search everywhere and only finds target of shortcut file.

Answer 1

An even simpler way to get the linked path that I use is:

private static string LnkToFile(string fileLink)
{
    string link = File.ReadAllText(fileLink);
    int i1 = link.IndexOf("DATA\0");
    if (i1 < 0)
        return null;
    i1 += 5;
    int i2 = link.IndexOf("\0", i1);
    if (i2 < 0)
        return link.Substring(i1);
    else
        return link.Substring(i1, i2 - i1);
}

But it will of course break if the lnk-file format changes.