Remove the IShellLink::Resolve step in ResolveShortcutProperties.

base/win/shortcut.h

 // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 #ifndef BASE_WIN_SHORTCUT_H_
 #define BASE_WIN_SHORTCUT_H_
 
 #include <windows.h>
 
 #include "base/files/file_path.h"
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 // information given through |properties|.
 // Ensure you have initialized COM before calling into this function.
 // |operation|: a choice from the ShortcutOperation enum.
 // If |operation| is SHORTCUT_REPLACE_EXISTING or SHORTCUT_UPDATE_EXISTING and
 // |shortcut_path| does not exist, this method is a no-op and returns false.
 BASE_EXPORT bool CreateOrUpdateShortcutLink(
     const FilePath& shortcut_path,
     const ShortcutProperties& properties,
     ShortcutOperation operation);
 
-// Resolves Windows shortcut (.LNK file)
+// Resolves Windows shortcut (.LNK file).
 // This methods tries to resolve selected properties of a shortcut .LNK file.
 // The path of the shortcut to resolve is in |shortcut_path|. |options| is a bit
 // field composed of ShortcutProperties::IndividualProperties, to specify which
 // properties to read. It should be non-0. The resulting data are read into
-// |properties|, which must not be NULL. The function returns true if all
-// requested properties are successfully read. Otherwise some reads have failed
-// and intermediate values written to |properties| should be ignored.
+// |properties|, which must not be NULL. Note: PROPERTIES_TARGET will retrieve
+// the target path as stored in the shortcut but won't attempt to resolve that
+// path so it may not be valid. The function returns true if all requested
+// properties are successfully read. Otherwise some reads have failed and
+// intermediate values written to |properties| should be ignored.
 BASE_EXPORT bool ResolveShortcutProperties(const FilePath& shortcut_path,
                                            uint32 options,
                                            ShortcutProperties* properties);
 
 // Resolves Windows shortcut (.LNK file).
 // This is a wrapper to ResolveShortcutProperties() to handle the common use
 // case of resolving target and arguments. |target_path| and |args| are
 // optional output variables that are ignored if NULL (but at least one must be
 // non-NULL). The function returns true if all requested fields are found
 // successfully. Callers can safely use the same variable for both
 // |shortcut_path| and |target_path|.
 BASE_EXPORT bool ResolveShortcut(const FilePath& shortcut_path,
                                  FilePath* target_path,
                                  string16* args);
 
 // Pins a shortcut to the Windows 7 taskbar. The shortcut file must already
 // exist and be a shortcut that points to an executable. The app id of the
 // shortcut is used to group windows and must be set correctly.
 BASE_EXPORT bool TaskbarPinShortcutLink(const wchar_t* shortcut);
 
 // Unpins a shortcut from the Windows 7 taskbar. The shortcut must exist and
 // already be pinned to the taskbar. The app id of the shortcut is used as the
 // identifier for the taskbar item to remove and must be set correctly.
 BASE_EXPORT bool TaskbarUnpinShortcutLink(const wchar_t* shortcut);
 
 }  // namespace win
 }  // namespace base
 
 #endif  // BASE_WIN_SHORTCUT_H_