Specifies option settings. Used with IShellLinkDataList::GetFlags and IShellLinkDataList::SetFlags.

Syntax

typedef enum {
    SLDF_DEFAULT = 0x00000000,
    SLDF_HAS_ID_LIST = 0x00000001,
    SLDF_HAS_LINK_INFO = 0x00000002,
    SLDF_HAS_NAME = 0x00000004,
    SLDF_HAS_RELPATH = 0x00000008,
    SLDF_HAS_WORKINGDIR = 0x00000010,
    SLDF_HAS_ARGS = 0x00000020,
    SLDF_HAS_ICONLOCATION = 0x00000040,
    SLDF_UNICODE = 0x00000080,
    SLDF_FORCE_NO_LINKINFO = 0x00000100,
    SLDF_HAS_EXP_SZ = 0x00000200,
    SLDF_RUN_IN_SEPARATE = 0x00000400,
    SLDF_HAS_LOGO3ID = 0x00000800,
    SLDF_HAS_DARWINID = 0x00001000,
    SLDF_RUNAS_USER = 0x00002000,
    SLDF_HAS_EXP_ICON_SZ = 0x00004000,
    SLDF_NO_PIDL_ALIAS = 0x00008000,
    SLDF_FORCE_UNCNAME = 0x00010000,
    SLDF_RUN_WITH_SHIMLAYER = 0x00020000,
    SLDF_FORCE_NO_LINKTRACK = 0x00040000,
    SLDF_ENABLE_TARGET_METADATA = 0x000800000,
    SLDF_DISABLE_LINK_PATH_TRACKING = 0x00100000,
    SLDF_DISABLE_KNOWNFOLDER_RELATIVE_TRACKING = 0x00200000,
    SLDF_NO_KF_ALIAS = 0x00400000,
    SLDF_ALLOW_LINK_TO_LINK = 0x00800000,
    SLDF_UNALIAS_ON_SAVE = 0x01000000,
    SLDF_PREFER_ENVIRONMENT_PATH = 0x02000000,
    SLDF_KEEP_LOCAL_IDLIST_FOR_UNC_TARGET = 0x04000000,
    SLDF_VALID = 0x07FFF7FF,
    SLDF_RESERVED = (int)0x80000000
} SHELL_LINK_DATA_FLAGS;

Constants

SLDF_DEFAULT  

0x00000000. Default value used when no other flag is explicitly set.

SLDF_HAS_ID_LIST

0x00000001. The Shell link was saved with an ID list.

SLDF_HAS_LINK_INFO

0x00000002. The Shell link was saved with link information to enable distributed tracking. This information is used by .lnk files to locate the target if the targets's path has changed. It includes information such as volume label and serial number, although the specific stored information can change from release to release.

SLDF_HAS_NAME

0x00000004. The link has a name.

SLDF_HAS_RELPATH

0x00000008. The link has a relative path.

SLDF_HAS_WORKINGDIR

0x00000010. The link has a working directory.

SLDF_HAS_ARGS

0x00000020. The link has arguments.

SLDF_HAS_ICONLOCATION

0x00000040. The link has an icon location.

SLDF_UNICODE

0x00000080. Stored strings are Unicode.

SLDF_FORCE_NO_LINKINFO

0x00000100. Prevents the storage of link tracking information. If this flag is set, it is less likely, though not impossible, that a target can be found by the link if that target is moved.

SLDF_HAS_EXP_SZ

0x00000200. The link contains expandable environment strings such as %windir%.

SLDF_RUN_IN_SEPARATE

0x00000400. Causes a 16-bit target application to run in a separate Virtual DOS Machine (VDM)/Windows on Windows (WOW).

SLDF_HAS_LOGO3ID

0x00000800. Not supported. Note that as of Windows Vista, this value is no longer defined.

SLDF_HAS_DARWINID

0x00001000. The link is a special Microsoft Windows Installer link.

SLDF_RUNAS_USER

0x00002000. Causes the target application to run as a different user.

SLDF_HAS_EXP_ICON_SZ

0x00004000. The icon path in the link contains an expandable environment string such as such as %windir%.

SLDF_NO_PIDL_ALIAS

0x00008000. Prevents the use of ID list alias mapping when parsing the ID list from the path.

SLDF_FORCE_UNCNAME

0x00010000. Forces the use of the Universal Naming Convention (UNC) name (a full network resource name), rather than the local name.

SLDF_RUN_WITH_SHIMLAYER

0x00020000. Causes the target of this link to launch with a shim layer active. A shim is an intermediate DLL that facilitates compatibility between otherwise incompatible software services. Shims are typically used to provide version compatibility.

SLDF_FORCE_NO_LINKTRACK

0x00040000. Windows Vista and later. Disable object ID distributed tracking information.

SLDF_ENABLE_TARGET_METADATA

0x00080000. Windows Vista and later. Enable the caching of target metadata into the link file.

SLDF_DISABLE_LINK_PATH_TRACKING  

0x00100000. Windows 7 and later. Disable shell link tracking.

SLDF_DISABLE_KNOWNFOLDER_RELATIVE_TRACKING

0x00200000. Windows Vista and later. Disable known folder tracking information.

SLDF_NO_KF_ALIAS  

0x00400000. Windows 7 and later. Disable known folder alias mapping when loading the IDList during deserialization.

SLDF_ALLOW_LINK_TO_LINK  

0x00800000. Windows 7 and later. Allow link to point to another shell link as long as this does not create cycles.

SLDF_UNALIAS_ON_SAVE  

0x01000000. Windows 7 and later. Remove alias when saving the IDList.

SLDF_PREFER_ENVIRONMENT_PATH  

0x02000000. Windows 7 and later. Recalculate the IDList from the path with the environmental variables at load time, rather than persisting the IDList.

SLDF_KEEP_LOCAL_IDLIST_FOR_UNC_TARGET  

0x04000000. Windows 7 and later. If the target is a UNC location on a local machine, keep the local IDList target in addition to the remote target.

SLDF_VALID

0x07FFF7FF. Windows Vista and later. A mask for valid SHELL_LINK_DATA_FLAGS values. In Windows Vista, this flag has a value of 0x003FF7FF.

SLDF_RESERVED

Reserved; do not use.

Enumerated Type Information

Header	shlobj.h
Minimum operating systems	Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows 7