Gaven,

Don't hit the ceiling.

Give credits to all that is trying to help you.

However, I tried running these to scripts:

Script 1:
code:
$colItems = GetObject("winmgmts:\root\cimv2").ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_ShortcutFile")
For each $objItem in $colItems
  "Name: " + $objItem.Name ?
  ?
Next
This returns the names of all shortcuts on my PC

One of these shorcuts is:
c:\programs\msn\msn explorer.lnk

So I would expect this code to return only that shorcut:
Script 2:
code:
$colItems = GetObject("winmgmts:\root\cimv2").ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_ShortcutFile where name='c:\programs\msn\msn explorer.lnk'")
For each $objItem in $colItems
  "Name: " + $objItem.Name ?
  ?
Next
Script 2 returns nothing, quite mysterious ??

Anyway, I don't think you should envestigate this way of checking shortcuts further, because it seems that winmgmts:\Win32_ShortcutFile
expands and checks all propertys of all shortcuts on the computer. On a slow line this takes loong.

Gaven,

I'm just as mystified as you.

BUT:
Yoy could have added further explaining post instead of attacking people who are trying to help you

-Erik