How to access *.lnk files, (shortcuts) from a UWP app - windows

Question

I would like to be able to access *.lnk files from any folder on my desktop.
I know that Windows.Storage cannot access *.lnk files but I can read and access them from from Win32 or System.IO in WPF apps.
Is there a way for me to incorporate FindFirstFileEx() into my app without getting access permission errors?
I have seen articles on FullTrustProcessLauncher Class and CustomCapabilities settings but no examples using Kernal32 methods, or advice on even if this would work.

Answer 1

but no examples using Kernal32 methods
For this scenario, you could use desktop-bridge desktop extension to approach, for detail steps please refer stfan's blog UWP with Desktop Extension.
For using Kernal32 methods, please refer pinvoke document.
public enum FINDEX_INFO_LEVELS
{
FindExInfoStandard = 0,
FindExInfoBasic = 1
}
public enum FINDEX_SEARCH_OPS
{
FindExSearchNameMatch = 0,
FindExSearchLimitToDirectories = 1,
FindExSearchLimitToDevices = 2
}
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
public struct WIN32_FIND_DATA
{
public uint dwFileAttributes;
public System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes.FILETIME ftCreationTime;
public System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes.FILETIME ftLastAccessTime;
public System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes.FILETIME ftLastWriteTime;
public uint nFileSizeHigh;
public uint nFileSizeLow;
public uint dwReserved0;
public uint dwReserved1;
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst = 260)]
public string cFileName;
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst = 14)]
public string cAlternateFileName;
}
[DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
public static extern IntPtr FindFirstFileEx(
string lpFileName,
FINDEX_INFO_LEVELS fInfoLevelId,
out WIN32_FIND_DATA lpFindFileData,
FINDEX_SEARCH_OPS fSearchOp,
IntPtr lpSearchFilter,
int dwAdditionalFlags);