How do I 'Run' a LNK (shortcut)

[swin4ort]

When I attempt to run a .LNK shortcut, AutoIt returns:

eg: Run("note.LNK","C:\")

Error: Unable to execute the external program

The system cannot find the file specified.

NB - I want to directly run the LNK shortcut directly - not to extract the terms from the LNK shortcut and execute them.

[DW1]

ShellExecute ( "C:\Note.lnk" )

[swin4ort]

I assume that the absence of a '\' after 'C:' is a typo. In either case,

ShellExecute("C:\note.lnk)

generates: Unknown function name

and I cannot find 'ShellExecute' in Help.

Is this a function later than the AutoIt version I am running?

Thanks for your help

IAN

[DW1]

must be an old version of AutoIt

and there is no typo

"absence of a '\'" .... I see it on my screen.... let me copy and paste...

this is what I see

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ShellExecute ( "C:\Note.lnk" )

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Edited June 22, 2007 by danwilli

[Helge]

Is this a function later than the AutoIt version I am running?

ShellExecute was added first in 3.2.1.7 beta and then later it made it into the stable versions

with 3.2.2.0. None of those are new so you must be running a pretty old version of AutoIt.

The currently latest version is 3.2.4.9 so I would recommend you to download that here :

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.ph...&showfile=3

[Kip]

Run("explorer.exe C:\Note.lnk")

(ShellExecute is better)

and for txt files:

Run("Notepad.exe C:\Note.txt")

and for images:

Run("MSPaint.exe C:\Note.bmp")

Edited June 22, 2007 by kip

[swin4ort]

Uploaded new version of AutoIT & ShellExecute works perfectly with my LNK shortcuts.

Thanks for the help