Is it possible to get the shortcut link file used to launch an application?

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From: const * const char ME
Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2008 21:38

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From within a target applications code, is it possible to get the shortcut 
link file used to launch the application?  Assuming of course we do not pass 
any added parameters from each link to differentiate them...  This seems 
like the obvious solution - but I want to avoid that if possible.

I need to determine the shortcut link file used to launch my application. 
EG: c:abc\target.exe  and two shortcut links, once on the desktop and one in 
the start menu, I need to be able to inside target.exe figure out which link 
was used or if it was launched directly from inside Windows explorer... 
Again - without passing parameters from each link to differentiate them....


TIA.

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