How to Get a URL from a Shortcut in Favorites

3 Jul 2009 4:59 PM

Charles

I want to get the URL from a shortcut, read from the favorites folder. Can
anyone tell me how to do it? The purpose is to be able to browse to the URL
programmatically, and also to extract the domain and other information.

TIA

Charles

3 Jul 2009 5:10 PM

Nobody

"Charles" <bl***@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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>I want to get the URL from a shortcut, read from the favorites folder. Can
>anyone tell me how to do it? The purpose is to be able to browse to the URL
>programmatically, and also to extract the domain and other information.

These shortcuts are INI files. Here is a sample:

[InternetShortcut]
URL=http://www.google.com/

3 Jul 2009 5:17 PM

Charles

Thanks very much for the quick reply.

Charles

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"Nobody" <nob***@nobody.com> wrote in message
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> "Charles" <bl***@nowhere.com> wrote in message
> news:%23XeTw%23$%23JHA.200@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>I want to get the URL from a shortcut, read from the favorites folder. Can
>>anyone tell me how to do it? The purpose is to be able to browse to the
>>URL programmatically, and also to extract the domain and other
>>information.
>
> These shortcuts are INI files. Here is a sample:
>
> [InternetShortcut]
> URL=http://www.google.com/
>
>