Introduction
ShellLink is a NSIS plugin that allows you to read and write shell link (.lnk) files.
How to use
Make sure you have a valid path (link.lnk) to the shell link file.
Get Shortcut Working Directory
ShellLink::GetShortCutWorkingDirectory link.lnk
Pop $0
$0=C:\Program Files\MyProgram
Get Shortcut Target
ShellLink::GetShortCutTarget link.lnk
Pop $0
$0=C:\Program Files\MyProgram\run.exe
Get Shortcut Arguments
ShellLink::GetShortCutArgs link.lnk
Pop $0
$0=/s /d=1
Get Shortcut Icon Location
ShellLink::GetShortCutIconLocation link.lnk
Pop $0
$0=C:\Program Files\MyProgram\run.dll
Get Shortcut Icon Index
ShellLink::GetShortCutIconIndex link.lnk
Pop $0
$0=3
Get Shortcut Show Mode
ShellLink::GetShortCutShowMode link.lnk
Pop $0
$0=0 (SW_HIDE)
$0=1 (SW_SHOWNORMAL or SW_NORMAL)
$0=2 (SW_SHOWMINIMIZED)
$0=3 (SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED or SW_MAXIMIZE)
$0=4 (SW_SHOWNOACTIVATE)
$0=5 (SW_SHOW)
$0=6 (SW_MINIMIZE)
$0=7 (SW_SHOWMINNOACTIVE)
$0=8 (SW_SHOWNA)
$0=9 (SW_RESTORE)
$0=10 (SW_SHOWDEFAULT)
$0=11 (SW_FORCEMINIMIZE or SW_MAX)
Get Shortcut Hot Keys
ShellLink::GetShortCutHotkey link.lnk
Pop $0
$0=634
Get Shortcut Description
ShellLink::GetShortCutDescription link.lnk
Pop $0
$0=My Shortcut Description
Set Shortcut Working Directory
ShellLink::SetShortCutWorkingDirectory link.lnk directory
Pop $0
$0=0 -no errors
$0=-1 -error
Set Shortcut Target
ShellLink::SetShortCutTarget link.lnk target.file
Pop $0
$0=0 -no errors
$0=-1 -error
Set Shortcut Arguments
ShellLink::SetShortCutArgs link.lnk parameters
Pop $0
$0=0 -no errors
$0=-1 -error
Set Shortcut Icon Location
ShellLink::SetShortCutIconLocation link.lnk icon.file
Pop $0
$0=0 -no errors
$0=-1 -error
Set Shortcut Icon Index
ShellLink::SetShortCutIconIndex link.lnk icon_index_number
Pop $0
$0=0 -no errors
$0=-1 -error
Set Shortcut Show Mode
ShellLink::SetShortCutShowMode link.lnk start_options
Pop $0
$0=0 -no errors
$0=-1 -error
Set Shortcut Hot Keys
ShellLink::SetShortCutHotkey link.lnk keyboard_shortcut
Pop $0
$0=0 -no errors
$0=-1 -error
Set Shortcut Description
ShellLink::SetShortCutDescription link.lnk description
Pop $0
$0=0 -no errors
$0=-1 -error
Source code
NSIS plug-in (C++)
A download link to the source and DLL of this NSIS plug-in
can be found below.
Version history
- 1.1 by Shengalts Aleksander aka Instructor (Shengalts@mail.ru)
-code has been rewritten
-added functions to change shell link information
-reduced dll size 44Kb -> 4Kb
-documentation updated
- 1.0 first release of ShellLink.
Credits
Written and documented by Angelo Mandato
License
© 2004 Angelo Mandato
This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages
arising from the use of this software.
Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute
it freely, subject to the following restrictions:
1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented;
you must not claim that you wrote the original software.
If you use this software in a product, an acknowledgment in the
product documentation would be appreciated but is not required.
2. Altered versions must be plainly marked as such,
and must not be misrepresented as being the original software.
3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any distribution.
Download
http://www.spaceblue.com/downloads/shelllink.zip