diff --git a/dll/win32/shell32/CShellLink.cpp b/dll/win32/shell32/CShellLink.cpp
index cef374175aa..cd5d74e2c3f 100644
--- a/dll/win32/shell32/CShellLink.cpp
+++ b/dll/win32/shell32/CShellLink.cpp
@@ -2207,7 +2207,7 @@ HRESULT CShellLink::SetTargetFromPIDLOrPath(LPCITEMIDLIST pidl, LPCWSTR pszFile)
             /* This failed, try to resolve the path, then create a simple PIDL */
 
             StringCchCopyW(szPath, _countof(szPath), pszFile);
-            PathResolveW(szPath, NULL, PRF_DONTFINDLNK | PRF_TRYPROGRAMEXTENSIONS);
+            PathResolveW(szPath, NULL, PRF_TRYPROGRAMEXTENSIONS);
 
             if (PathIsFileSpecW(szPath))
             {