How to follow a .lnk file programmatically

Question

We have a network drive full of shortcuts (.lnk files) that point to folders and I need to traverse them programmatically in a C# Winforms app.

What practical

Answer 1

The IShellLink interface lets you manipulate .lnk files, though it's a bit of a pain to use from C#.

This article has some code implementing the necessary interop gubbins.

Update

You can find the code from the article here but the page doesn't seem to work in Firefox. It does work in IE.