FIX: MsiGetShortcutTarget Call May Not Return When You Try to Resolve a Shortcut

When you call the MsiGetShortcutTarget function on a computer that is running Windows Millennium Edition (Me), Windows 98, or Windows 95 to resolve a shortcut path, the MsiGetShortcutTarget call may not return.

This occurs because of a bug in the Windows Installer implementation of the MsiGetShortcutTarget function. If you pass a corrupted shortcut to the MsiGetShortcutTarget function, the function may not return.

To resolve this problem, update the Windows Installer 2.0 redistributable package from the following Microsoft Web site:

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

For information about how to install or how to upgrade Windows Installer, including command-line options, see the "Windows Installer SDK" section of the following Microsoft Web site: For more information about the MsiGetShortcutTarget function, see the Windows Installer 2.0 SDK Help documentation.