Moving the files to another folder to make access easier is a last resort, I would rather retool the app in WPF. I have added broadFileSystemAccess to my UWP app and have file system access through settings. While I can access files in the installation folder I cannot access arbitrary folders without getting a Win32 error code 5, Access is denied. I have added Win32 functions: FindFirstFileEx() and FindNext() which as far as I can tell are supported by the UWP platform. Here is what I have tried: xcopy s:commonblah.lnk c:docume1alluse1desktopblah.lnk /y and xcopy s:commonblah.lnk c:docume1alluse1deskto1blah. bat file to my employees that will create a desktop shortcut on their individual machines. I have found out that System.IO.Directory will not work with UWP apps, (tried and got an access violation)! I have created a file on our server and I want to send a. I currently use SHEL元2 folderItem.GetLink to retrieve files from links. From the attacker’s point of view however, LNK files look. In the eyes of a standard user these files have a meaningful purpose as they allow for file organization and decluttering of working space. lnk file extensively to represent photo's, I need this capability if I am to migrate my apps to UWP. As per Microsoft, an LNK file is a shortcut or a link used by Windows as a reference to an original file, folder, or application. In order to access the classes that will enable us to create shortcuts we need to add the Windows Script Host Object Model library as a reference to our project first. I can retrieve a list of *.lnk files from a folder in a WPF or Forms app quite easily but not so in a UWP app.Īs I use. In cases where we need to create a shortcut for our application or for any other reason, the Windows Script Host Object Model library allows us to do just that. I cannot find any support for working with shortcut files, (.lnk files) in UWP, for example FileIO and StorageFile do not support this file type.Ĭan you suggest how I can access System.IO from a UWP app?

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