rickey kyle w omwoerbknrbakerhughescom tim thanks patience think im still miscommunicating need lets throw whole shortcut idea window start scratch code generates file want open directory known containing file select since open directory osstartfile still need get hwnd explorer window get listctrl etc simpler way select file kyle rickey original message ucoesrtuo10fuogcucoesrtuohufuogcucoesrtuohpythonorg mailtoucoesrtuo10fuogcucoesrtuohufuogcucoesrtuohpythonorg behalf tim roberts sent thursday april 03 2008 1217 pm pythonwin32 list subject pythonwin32 find target rickey kyle w wrote tim let rephrase im trying display shortcut dialog reproduce behavior happens click find target instance ive generated file want show user file explorer find target follows shortcut opens directory containing shortcut shell library api fetching target path shortcut file could pull path shortcut startup new explorer directory tim roberts eqemprobocom providenza boekelheide inc _______________________________________________ pythonwin32 mailing list kpitckaew45pythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythonwin32 _______________________________________________ pythonwin32 mailing list kpitckaew45pythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythonwin32 thu 07 aug 2008 014825 0500 pythonwin32 find target