How to delete shortcut folder

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Maybe I am missing something but I cannot see how to delete a shortcut
folder (folder tree).

Looking at the script generated for creating shortcuts and their folders it
seems these are treated as special files.

So Delete Folder Tree would apply to normal application folders but how to
get at the shortcut folders?

BTW I do not want to simply overwrite what is there but remove everything
and generate a whole new structure.

TIA

John Fligg

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John,

> Maybe I am missing something but I cannot see how to delete a shortcut
> folder (folder tree).
>
> Looking at the script generated for creating shortcuts and their folders
> it seems these are treated as special files.
>
> So Delete Folder Tree would apply to normal application folders but how to
> get at the shortcut folders?
>
> BTW I do not want to simply overwrite what is there but remove everything
> and generate a whole new structure.

Shortcuts are nothing more or less than files. Let us assume, you install
the shortcuts for All Users (the default) then CSIDL_COMMON_PROGRAMS
represents the file system directory that contains the directories for the
common program groups that appear on the Start menu for all users.

For example:

Shortcut folder:
%_CSIDL_COMMON_PROGRAMS%\Your Shortcuts Folder

Shortcut file:
%_CSIDL_COMMON_PROGRAMS%\Your Shortcuts Folder\Your Shortcut.lnk

Hope this helps.

Friedrich

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Ah hah. Thanks Friedrich.

And the other post does make sense now. I think I will rename those shortcut
icons just in case.

Thanks

John