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		/*
		 * Launch Desktop shortcuts by name 'appName'
		 */
		[DllImport("shfolder.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
        private static extern int SHGetFolderPath(IntPtr hwndOwner, int nFolder, IntPtr hToken, int dwFlags, StringBuilder lpszPath);
		
		public void LaunchShortcut(string appName)
		{
        	//Get the public desktop
        	const int MAX_PATH = 260;
        	const int CSIDL_COMMON_DESKTOPDIRECTORY = 0x0019;
            StringBuilder sbPath = new StringBuilder(MAX_PATH);
            SHGetFolderPath(IntPtr.Zero, CSIDL_COMMON_DESKTOPDIRECTORY, IntPtr.Zero, 0, sbPath);
            string strDesktop = sbPath.ToString() + "\\" + appName + ".lnk";
	        			
	        //Start a process that will launch the shortcut
	        //This is not creating a short cut, its actually, opening the shortcut
			WshShell Wshell = new WshShell();
            IWshRuntimeLibrary.IWshShortcut shortc = (IWshRuntimeLibrary.IWshShortcut)Wshell.CreateShortcut(strDesktop);
            if(shortc!=null)
            {
                System.Diagnostics.Process proc = new System.Diagnostics.Process();
                proc.EnableRaisingEvents=false;
                proc.StartInfo.FileName=(string)shortc.TargetPath;
                proc.StartInfo.Arguments = (string)shortc.Arguments;
                proc.StartInfo.WorkingDirectory = (string)shortc.WorkingDirectory;
                proc.Start();
            }
		}