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losingsleeep
losingsleeep

Reputation: 1879

Win CE 5.0 shortcut files don't work

i have a Windows CE 5.0 based device.
none of ".lnk" shortcut files (all the shortcuts on desktop) don't work and i get this error:
"error opening the shortcut or locating target filename"
the shortcut icons changed to unknown file type too. but some days ago i had not this problem and everything was normal.
i can't remember sharply , but i think the problem started when i installed a tool like Arabizer (to support Arabic/Persian language).
maybe some keys / values in the Windows Registry has been changed or deleted or something like that.
anybody knows about this?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2124

Answers (1)

marcinj
marcinj

Reputation: 50026

.lnk are text files, you can view them with any text editor, their format looks as follows:

18#\Windows\MyApp.exe

where 18 is the length of characters after pound character : \Windows\MyApp.exe

so you should check if your shortcuts are still correct, also make sure files are not in UNICODE which would double it lenght.

You might also make sure that the file to which shortcuts links actually exists.

here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms861519.aspx your will more on lnk in windows ce 5.0

Upvotes: 1

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