Rename desktop file icon issue

Cobra91151

Hi! I want to rename the shortcut for the some program. I have tried it both ways, but it fails (always returns false) and file is still with old name.

Code:

QDir myDir;
myDir.setPath(QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::DesktopLocation).replace("/", "\\"));
qDebug() << myDir.rename("Test.lnk", "Test (1).lnk");

QDir myDir;
myDir.setPath(QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::DesktopLocation).replace("/", "\\"));
qDebug() << QFile::rename(myDir.path() + "\\Test.lnk", myDir.path() + "\\Test (1).lnk");

I run a few test and it renames files in different locations, but not in QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::DesktopLocation).

Any ideas how to rename the file in the desktop location? Thanks.

Cobra91151

I have fixed it by using Win API (MoveFile function):

Code:

QDir myDir;
myDir.setPath(QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::DesktopLocation).replace("/", "\\"));

QString oldName = myDir.path() + "\\Test.lnk";
QString newName = myDir.path() + "\\Test (1).lnk";
bool renameRes = MoveFile(oldName.toStdWString().c_str(), newName.toStdWString().c_str());

 if (renameRes) {
      qDebug() << "File has been renamed!";
 } else {
      qDebug() << "Failed to rename the file!";
 }

Now it works well. The issue is resolved.