AW: finding and parsing internet shortcuts in Win

[Thomas Fischer]

Hi David,

Window's Internet shortcuts have the invisible ending ".URL" much in the same way as links have the invisible ending ".lnk". Both are not shown with "Show Extensions" and neither with the properties, but if you open a DOS box and type "dir" in the right directory, they will show up. I don't know which other software will give you access to these endings, though.

All the best
Thomas Fischer

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> [mailto:use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com]Im Auftrag von David
> Glasgow
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 18. Oktober 2005 13:53
> An: use-revolution at lists.runrev.com
> Betreff: finding and parsing internet shortcuts in Win
> 
> 
> Hello folks,
> 
> I am trying to find out how to recognise 'internet shortcuts' on 
> Windows.  Some say the extension is URL, but actually they don't seem 
> to show an extension even if this option is switched on.  And of 
> course, I don't mean URLs, I mean the shortcut text files that contain 
> 1 or more URLs, and if you double click on them they take you there 
> using the default browser.  If I could find them readily, I could 
> easily parse the contents within REV.  (Incidentally, I don't want to 
> just look in the usual places, so for the purposes of the query, assume 
> I have a list of all possible files, and want to identify which are 
> internet shortcuts).
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Best Wishes,
> 
> David Glasgow
> 
> http://www.i-psych.co.uk
> 
> 
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