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dahall / Vanara

A set of .NET libraries for Windows implementing PInvoke calls to many native Windows APIs with supporting wrappers.
MIT License
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The file generated by ShellLink.Create() is not a shortcut file. #457

Closed fishnet37222 closed 2 months ago

fishnet37222 commented 2 months ago

Describe the bug and how to reproduce

When I execute ShellLink.Create() a file is created, but File Explorer does not show it as a shortcut and viewing its properties does not show any of the tabs shown in the properties dialog for a shortcut file.

What code is involved

Here is a small console-based project that reproduces the issue. ShellLinkTest.zip

Expected behavior

I expect a valid shortcut file to be created.

Screenshots

ShellLinkTest was created using this project. ShellLinkTest2 was created using Windows itself. image image image

fishnet37222 commented 2 months ago

I just realized I wasn't including ".lnk" in the filename for the shortcut. Adding that fixed the issue.