I know how to add a target path to a created shortcut:

Dim WSHShell As Object
Dim MyShortcut As Object

Set WSHShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set MyShortcut = WSHShell.CreateShortcut(pathwayhere & ".lnk")

With MyShortcut
.targetpath = targetpathwayhere
.Save
End With

.........but if I already have a created shortcut then how do I extract
the target pathway from it, as a string??

any help greatly appreciated

Jason.