MATLAB: Extracting target path from Windows shortcut (.lnk) file

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I have Windows shortcut (.lnk) files that point to text files and I want to give my customer the option of clicking the shortcut file in my GUI, and extract the target path automatically so that the GUI treats the shortcut the same as the target file. This is to avoid tedious copying of files to local folders and/or copy target paths into the GUI.

Is there a reliable way to extract the target path of a shortcut file?

Thanks in advance.

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