❔ get all WINDOWS SAVED APP SHORTCUTS with code
I'm trying to make a C# app and I want to extract all the shortcuts that are recognised by windows (the ones that are shown when written in the search bar)
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all shortcuts has an extension of
*.lnkthe windows search service does a lot more than just find shortcuts, so when you type stuff into that search service you get a lot more than that back, you could ultimately filter them by shortcuts only
but yeah if you want to use the windows search service you need to work with the windows API
Alright. I will check it out. Thanks
I looked something up earlier but the results were off-topic
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34338465/how-to-use-windows-search-service-in-c-sharp might be a decent place to start, never used the API personally so YMMV
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