swin4ort Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DW1 Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 ShellExecute ( "C:\Note.lnk" ) AutoIt3 Online Help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swin4ort Posted June 22, 2007 Author Share Posted June 22, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DW1 Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 (edited) 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 ______________ ShellExecute ( "C:\Note.lnk" ) ______________ Edited June 22, 2007 by danwilli AutoIt3 Online Help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helge Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 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 versionswith 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 (edited) 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 MailSpons: Fake SMTP server for safe email testing Dutch postcode & address API. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swin4ort Posted June 22, 2007 Author Share Posted June 22, 2007 Uploaded new version of AutoIT & ShellExecute works perfectly with my LNK shortcuts. Thanks for the help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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