[python-win32] How to read the target of a Windows Shortcut

[David Hutto]

On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 7:58 AM, David Hutto <smokefloat at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 7:27 AM, Ayaskanta Swain
> <ayaskanta.swain at altair.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you for sending me the link. I tried it by copying the
>> “shortcut_target(filename)” function into my script. But it does the same
>> thing as I had mentioned in my previous e-mail. i.e It returns me the target
>> path correctly if the target exists physically in my hard disk, but behaves
>> in a wrongful manner if I delete the target keeping the shortcut intact
>> (Broken shortcut). In that case it creates an empty file (0 size) with the
>> same name as that of the existing target & creates it at the same physical
>> location where the target was existing before. Looks like a bug in this
>> function.
>
> try:
>  open file
>
> except:
>  file doesn't exist
>
> or something of the such.

in other words, try to fix what it does, stop the creation of the file
IF it doesn't exist. I'm trying to give the homework explanations,
instead of pseudo code, just like the grandmaster peers.

>>
>>
>>
>> I want to see it fail in that case or return something lie NONE , but it
>> still returns me the target path.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Ayaskant-
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: python-win32-bounces+ayaskanta.swain=altair.com at python.org
>> [mailto:python-win32-bounces+ayaskanta.swain=altair.com at python.org] On
>> Behalf Of Tim Golden
>> Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 5:30 PM
>> Cc: python-win32 at python.org
>> Subject: Re: [python-win32] How to read the target of a Windows Shortcut
>>
>>
>>
>> On 04/03/2011 11:59, Ayaskanta Swain wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>
>>>
>>
>>> I want to know the target path of a windows shortcut. How do i read the
>>
>>> short cut & retrieve the actual target path it is pointing to? I
>>
>>> searched the internet & all the documents I found there refer to use
>>
>>> Win32com.shell or win32com.client module but was not satisfied with the
>>
>>> solutions given there.
>>
>>
>>
>> Well I don't know if this was one of the solutions with which
>>
>> you were "not satisfied", but it does at least have the merit
>>
>> of working:
>>
>>
>>
>>    http://timgolden.me.uk/python/win32_how_do_i/read-a-shortcut.html
>>
>>
>>
>> TJG
>>
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the universe evolves gives rise to the fact that in another timeline,
your interdimensional counterpart received helpful advice from me...so
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