What is the MS Win32 API to know a folder is shortcuts?

Question

In Vista and Windows 7, there are many folders are shortcuts, like "C:\Users\Administrator\Application Data", use FindFileFirst serial API can enumerate all files under the folder, however we can NOT open it in Windows Explorer, I will also get error while call CreateFile to open the folder or the file enumerated by FindFileFirst serial API. I want to know what is the MS Win32 API to know a folder is shortcuts? Is FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT flag using for this kind of folder?

Answer 1

Hm looks as if there is not API there to check that.... I may be wrong of course here's has someone written about it's format: http://www.i2s-lab.com/Papers/The_Windows_Shortcut_File_Format.pdf

so maybe opening the file and finding the GUID is what you have to do?

Regards Friedrich

Answer 2

Yes, there are Win32 apis (SH)

see on news://comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32

Answer 3

I have known the answer, see on this blog. http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2004/12/27/332704.aspx