In Vista/7, if I try to delete a shortcut using the following command -:
del "%allusersprofile%\Desktop\MyShortcut.lnk"
...Windows sees this folder as empty and doesn't delete the file.
The environment variable "allusersprofile" points to "C:\ProgramData" however "Desktop" is actually a soft symbolic link to the C:\Users\Public\Desktop folder.
The problem seems to be that these soft links are simply Window Explorer shortcuts and are not recognized by cmd prompts or batch files.
The only solution that I can see is to do the following -:
XP:
del "%allusersprofile%\Desktop\MyShortcut.lnk"
Vista/7:
del "%PUBLIC%\Desktop\MyShortcut.lnk"
Is there any common solution for both OSes?
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