[sweept]

I need a batch that will tell the targets path from dragging a lnk file on to it ...

thanks

[jaclaz]

This should do:

@ECHO OFF
IF %1.==. GOTO :EOF
IF NOT EXIST %~dpnx1 GOTO :EOF
ECHO %~dpnx1
IF NOT %~x1.==.lnk. GOTO :EOF
more %~dpnx1 | FIND ":\" | FIND /V "/"
pause

jaclaz

[Yzöwl]

The following works with Win7 shortcuts.

@More "%~dpn1.lnk" 2>Nul|Findstr ":\\."&&Ping -n 6 127.0.0.1>Nul

Just drag and drop the shortcut onto it to see it in action.

[gunsmokingman]

Here is the VBS script way of getting the lnk path. This script can handle multiple .lnk files being drag and drop on to it self.

Quote

 Dim Obj, Act :Set Act = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
   If Not Wscript.Arguments.Count = 0 Then
	For Each Obj In WScript.Arguments
	 If InStr(LCase(obj),LCase(".lnk")) Then
	   Act.Popup vbCrLf & Act.CreateShortcut(obj).TargetPath,5,"ShortCut Path",4128
	 End If
	Next 
   End If

[sweept]

first-of thanks for the help guys
Had problems posting lately &thanks is due...

now to further refine Yzöwl's code that worked here in batch :

from the current batch output result * how to omit just the "\target.file" (from the right end of the line & so that only the path folder directory is shown.)

thanks

[Yzöwl]

You'll need to use a few more lines by implementing a 'For loop'

Something like this should do:

@Echo off & Setlocal & Set "P_="
If "%~1" Neq "" (If Exist "%~1" (If /I %~x1 Equ .lnk (
			For /F "tokens=*" %%# In ('More "%~f1"^|Findstr ":\\."') Do (
				Set "P_=%%~dp#"))))
If Defined P_ (Set "P_=%P_:~,-1%" & Call Echo/%%P_%% & Ping -n 6 127.0.0.1>Nul)

[sweept]

so far this worked perfectly for me .. thanks again!