public static string GetShortcutTargetFile(string shortcutFullPath)
{
string path = null;
using (ShellLink shellLink = new ShellLink(shortcutFullPath))
{
path = shellLink.TargetPath;
}
return(path);
}
/// <summary>
/// ONLY USE when application is installed
/// </summary>
public static void CreateShortcutIconAtPath(string directoryPath)
{
string fullAppPath = Constants.APPLICATION_FULL_PATH;
string iconPath = Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(fullAppPath), "icon.ico");
var shortcutLocation = Path.Combine(directoryPath, Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(fullAppPath) + ".lnk");
if (File.Exists(iconPath) == false)
{
//copy icon
Stream stream = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResourceStream("SimpleCopyPasteTool.Resources.Images.icon.ico");
FileStream fileStream = new FileStream(iconPath, FileMode.CreateNew);
for (int i = 0; i < stream.Length; i++)
{
fileStream.WriteByte((byte)stream.ReadByte());
}
fileStream.Close();
}
if (File.Exists(shortcutLocation))
{
//if the existing icon path is not the same as the current application install path (happens with older versions)
string targetFullPath = GetShortcutTargetFile(shortcutLocation);
if (StringUtils.NormalizePath(targetFullPath) != StringUtils.NormalizePath(Constants.INSTALL_FULLPATH))
{
File.Delete(shortcutLocation);
}
}
if (File.Exists(shortcutLocation) == false)
{
//create the shortcut
using (ShellLink shortcut = new ShellLink())
{
shortcut.TargetPath = fullAppPath;
shortcut.WorkingDirectory = Path.GetDirectoryName(fullAppPath);
shortcut.Description = Constants.ASSEMBLY_TITLE;
shortcut.WindowStyle = ShellLink.SW.SW_SHOWNORMAL;
shortcut.IconPath = iconPath;
shortcut.IconIndex = 0;
shortcut.Save(shortcutLocation);
}
}
}