Open Notepad Shortcut

I find I can correctly open a shortcut of txt file at windows explorer.
But when I use notepad to open the same shortcut of a txt file, then it show
up strange chars

When you use notepad to open the shortcut, you are telling it to open the
..lnk file, not the one it leads to. The strange characters is the result of
notepad trying to display the programming code by converting it to ascii
code, which is how it interprets characters in a .txt file.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"MXC" <> wrote in message
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>I find I can correctly open a shortcut of txt file at windows explorer.
> But when I use notepad to open the same shortcut of a txt file, then it
> show up strange chars

My notepad opens the target of a link. However if I remove the IsShortcut
value at HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile then it opens the lnkfile.

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"Rick Rogers" <> wrote in message
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> When you use notepad to open the shortcut, you are telling it to open the
> .lnk file, not the one it leads to. The strange characters is the result
> of notepad trying to display the programming code by converting it to
> ascii code, which is how it interprets characters in a .txt file.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "MXC" <> wrote in message
> news:B27FF910-1D51-4D36-BE27-...
>>I find I can correctly open a shortcut of txt file at windows explorer.
>> But when I use notepad to open the same shortcut of a txt file, then it
>> show up strange chars
>