How can I find if a given file is a symbolic link? And once I know that it is, how can I get the target its pointing to? I’m using VB.NET in Visual Studio 2010.
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How can I find if a given file is a symbolic link? And once I know that it is, how can I get the target its pointing to? I’m using VB.NET in Visual Studio 2010.
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/vista/ReparsePointID.aspx
Go through this, I tried it and it works. It is written in C# and can be easily convertded into VB