{"id":544,"date":"2008-09-03T13:57:35","date_gmt":"2008-09-03T08:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=544"},"modified":"2021-05-18T17:52:51","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T12:22:51","slug":"windows-installer-shortcut-target-path","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/windows-installer-shortcut-target-path\/","title":{"rendered":"Determine the Target Path of Windows Installer Shortcuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you right-click on a Windows Installer shortcut and choose Properties, the Target field does not show the path to the executable. This is because Windows Installer shortcuts work differently. When you double-click a Windows Installer shortcut, Windows reads the Product code, Component code, and other details stored in the Shortcut to determine the executable file location.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/msipath1.png\" width=\"283\" height=\"201\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here is a simple tool that displays the target path of Windows Installer shortcuts along with the Product code and Component code. All you need to do is drag the Windows Installer shortcut from Explorer (or the Start menu) to the &#8220;drop&#8221; zone in this tool.<\/p>\n<p>Download <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/msitarget.zip\">msitarget.zip<\/a> (34 KB)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/msipath2.png\" width=\"353\" height=\"359\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you right-click on a Windows Installer shortcut and choose Properties, the Target field does not show the path to the executable. This is because Windows Installer shortcuts work differently. When you double-click a Windows Installer shortcut, Windows reads the Product code, Component code, and other details stored in the Shortcut to determine the executable &#8230; <a title=\"Determine the Target Path of Windows Installer Shortcuts\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/windows-installer-shortcut-target-path\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Determine the Target Path of Windows Installer Shortcuts\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-utilities","category-windows"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":54807,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/create-shortcut-lnk-non-existent-target\/","url_meta":{"origin":544,"position":0},"title":"How to Create a Shortcut (.lnk) to a Non-Existent Target","author":"Ramesh","date":"June 19, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"There are situations where you need to create a shortcut (.lnk) to a target that doesn't exist on the computer. 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