Re: *.lnk file format

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Hi,

Yeah, you can, but there's a length limit--128 or 255 chars--I forget.

Almon B. Strowger
KOOK Pocket Software


<r_z_aret@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 10:47:15 +0100, "Peter Foot [MVP]"
> <feedback@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >It appears that you can't pass parameters in a .lnk file,
>
> Are you sure? I remember making a similar statement several years ago,
> only to be refuted. I think the "trick" is to wrap the executable in
> one set of quotes, and wrap the argument in a second set. For example
> 17#"\some.exe" "arg"
> The count includes the whole string (quotes, spaces, and all) - but I
> won't guarantee I got the number right here. I'm not sure about
> multiple arguments. And, of course, my memory may be faulty, and so I
> may be reputed here.
>
>
> >
> >Peter
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