Remove the IShellLink::Resolve step in ResolveShortcutProperties.

base/win/shortcut.cc

Index: base/win/shortcut.cc
diff --git a/base/win/shortcut.cc b/base/win/shortcut.cc
index f56db9fb005170a3dd3d2f306431b1721dc0943c..eef299b9440fab413bca51e781fc164e63586a30 100644
--- a/base/win/shortcut.cc
+++ b/base/win/shortcut.cc
@@ -204,9 +204,6 @@ bool ResolveShortcutProperties(const FilePath& shortcut_path,
 
   wchar_t temp[MAX_PATH];
   if (options & ShortcutProperties::PROPERTIES_TARGET) {

[grt (UTC plus 2), 2014/09/09 16:54:34]

maybe document in the .h file that resolving the target retrieves the path from
the shortcut without doing the full resolution.

[gab, 2014/09/09 18:30:44]

Done.

-    // Try to find the target of a shortcut.
-    if (FAILED(i_shell_link->Resolve(0, SLR_NO_UI | SLR_NOSEARCH)))
-      return false;
     if (FAILED(i_shell_link->GetPath(temp, MAX_PATH, NULL, SLGP_UNCPRIORITY)))
       return false;
     properties->set_target(FilePath(temp));