Hi and welcome to the board.

you could get the shortcut names with the DirList() UDf or the DirPlus() UDF, check the name of each shortcut and check the target with the GetShortcutTarget() UDF if Word, Excel or PowerPoint is in the name.

UDF Library » DirList() - Returns an array with a list of files in a given directory
UDF Library » DirPlus() - a recursive dir tool
UDF Library » GetShortcutTarget() - Get the target of a specific shortcut.
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