Getting error 8 during a file move with shortcuts

[Kaspar]

Hello,

   I am using the file move vi to move files and shortcuts from one folder to another. This works file when I am trying to move files. but when I try to move a shortcut (a file with a extension of *.lnk) the move vi fails and gets a error 8 (permission error). Why is this happening? I am assuming that a shortcut is a file, so I am treating it as a file and therefore expecting the move vi to move the shortcut from one folder to another.

[Prickly_Pear]

It could be that this is related to a bug that has already been discovered and reported. Our R&D deparment is working on it. When LabVIEW copies or moves a shortcut, it actually makes a copy of the file that is the target of the shortcut. However, it adds the ".lnk" extension to the end of the file name. This causes the new file to show up like a shortcut in Windows, but it is not a shortcut. If you rename the file and remove the ".lnk", then the file (the target of the original shortcut) will open without problem.

One workaround it to use the System Exec VI to copy the file from the Windows command line. See the attached VIs.

Jeremy P.