JFileChooser opens .lnk files as separate files

When .lnk file is chosen in a JFileChooser,
it returns this .lnk file. How to make the chooser to return the file this .lnk links to ?
THANK YOU!

Dear Dude, the .lnk files are Win32 executable files.
(and so can be infected by virus)
The only true links I know are in Unix-like file systems !!
Windows LNK files are system-specifics, so it is not Java conern to handle them !
Do as rustypup advise you to do, but it is easier to say than to do !!

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