diff --git a/Plugins/Wox.Plugin.Program/Programs.cs b/Plugins/Wox.Plugin.Program/Programs.cs
index 347f640b8a..90604cf702 100644
--- a/Plugins/Wox.Plugin.Program/Programs.cs
+++ b/Plugins/Wox.Plugin.Program/Programs.cs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Windows;
-using IWshRuntimeLibrary;
 using Wox.Infrastructure;
 using Wox.Plugin.Program.ProgramSources;
 using Wox.Infrastructure.Logger;
@@ -50,14 +49,6 @@ namespace Wox.Plugin.Program
             return results;
         }
 
-        static string ResolveShortcut(string filePath)
-        {
-            // IWshRuntimeLibrary is in the COM library "Windows Script Host Object Model"
-            WshShell shell = new WshShell();
-            IWshShortcut shortcut = (IWshShortcut)shell.CreateShortcut(filePath);
-            return shortcut.TargetPath;
-        }
-
         private bool MatchProgram(Program program, FuzzyMatcher matcher)
         {
             var scores = new List<string> { program.Title, program.PinyinTitle, program.AbbrTitle, program.ExecuteName };
@@ -224,7 +215,9 @@ namespace Wox.Plugin.Program
                         if (Path.EndsWith(".lnk"))
                         {
                             //get location of shortcut
-                            Path = ResolveShortcut(Path);
+                            var resolved = ShortcutHelper.ResolveShortcut(Path);
+                            if(!string.IsNullOrEmpty(resolved))
+                                Path = resolved;
                         }
                         //get parent folder
                         Path = Directory.GetParent(Path).FullName;
diff --git a/Plugins/Wox.Plugin.Program/ShortcutHelper.cs b/Plugins/Wox.Plugin.Program/ShortcutHelper.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..def9640ede
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Plugins/Wox.Plugin.Program/ShortcutHelper.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/*
+    Shortcut resolver. Avoids using IWshRuntimeLibrary
+    Proposed by Sam Saffron @ StackOverflow
+*/
+using System;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace Wox.Plugin.Program
+{
+    public class ShortcutHelper
+    {
+        #region Signatures
+        [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
+        struct WIN32_FIND_DATAW
+        {
+            public uint dwFileAttributes;
+            public long ftCreationTime;
+            public long ftLastAccessTime;
+            public long 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;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>The IShellLink interface allows Shell links to be created, modified, and resolved</summary>
+        [ComImport(), InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown), Guid("000214F9-0000-0000-C000-000000000046")]
+        interface IShellLinkW
+        {
+            /// <summary>Retrieves the path and file name of a Shell link object</summary>
+            void GetPath([Out(), MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] StringBuilder pszFile, int cchMaxPath, out WIN32_FIND_DATAW pfd, uint fFlags);
+        }
+
+        [ComImport, Guid("0000010c-0000-0000-c000-000000000046"),
+        InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown)]
+        public interface IPersist { }
+
+        [ComImport, Guid("0000010b-0000-0000-C000-000000000046"),
+        InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown)]
+        public interface IPersistFile : IPersist
+        {
+            new void GetClassID(out Guid pClassID);
+            [PreserveSig]
+            void Load([In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] string pszFileName, uint dwMode);
+        }
+
+        const uint STGM_READ = 0;
+        const int MAX_PATH = 260;
+
+        // CLSID_ShellLink from ShlGuid.h 
+        [
+            ComImport(),
+            Guid("00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046")
+        ]
+        public class ShellLink
+        {
+        }
+        #endregion
+        public static string ResolveShortcut(string filename)
+        {
+            ShellLink link = new ShellLink();
+            ((IPersistFile)link).Load(filename, STGM_READ);
+            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(MAX_PATH);
+            WIN32_FIND_DATAW data = new WIN32_FIND_DATAW();
+            ((IShellLinkW)link).GetPath(sb, sb.Capacity, out data, 0);
+            return sb.ToString();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Plugins/Wox.Plugin.Program/Wox.Plugin.Program.csproj b/Plugins/Wox.Plugin.Program/Wox.Plugin.Program.csproj
index 784a900d92..5eac4a7511 100644
--- a/Plugins/Wox.Plugin.Program/Wox.Plugin.Program.csproj
+++ b/Plugins/Wox.Plugin.Program/Wox.Plugin.Program.csproj
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
     <Compile Include="ProgramSuffixes.xaml.cs">
       <DependentUpon>ProgramSuffixes.xaml</DependentUpon>
     </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="ShortcutHelper.cs" />
     <Compile Include="StringEmptyConverter.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
@@ -126,17 +127,6 @@
       <Name>Wox.Plugin</Name>
     </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <COMReference Include="IWshRuntimeLibrary">
-      <Guid>{F935DC20-1CF0-11D0-ADB9-00C04FD58A0B}</Guid>
-      <VersionMajor>1</VersionMajor>
-      <VersionMinor>0</VersionMinor>
-      <Lcid>0</Lcid>
-      <WrapperTool>tlbimp</WrapperTool>
-      <Isolated>False</Isolated>
-      <EmbedInteropTypes>True</EmbedInteropTypes>
-    </COMReference>
-  </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
   <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
        Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.