What is inside a .lnk file? How does it work? - Super User
Aug 19, 2017 · A lnk file is a link to a data object which may be something other than a file. Developers don't normally access the file contents directly but use system functions to create, …
How do I create a shortcut via command-line in Windows?
May 4, 2015 · The shortcut created isn't a traditional .lnk file, but it should work the same nevertheless. Be advised that this will only work if the .bat file is run from the same drive as …
How do I create a shortcut (.lnk) with a relative target?
I wish that Microsoft would create a new supported utility or Powershell Cmdlet to facilitate the creation of relative .lnk files or make NTFS links work more like Linux symbolic links.
How can I parse a .LNK shortcut from the Command Prompt in …
1 I think the problem is a .lnk file is a document that is interpreted by a program - Explorer.exe - just like a docx file would be handled by Word, or whatever. You'd have to write some sort of …
Get target of shortcut (.lnk) file with powershell - Stack Overflow
Mar 13, 2017 · I have a bunch of .lnk files and need to treat them differently depending on the target that the shortcut points to. I've found very little of how to this with other languages, but …
file - Editing shortcut (.lnk) properties with Powershell - Stack …
Jan 27, 2009 · I've found a nasty VBS way to do this, but I'm looking for a native PoSh procedure to edit the properties of a .LNK file. The goal is to reach out to remote machines, duplicate an …
How to reset shortcuts (.lnk file) in windows 11? - Super User
Feb 3, 2022 · The primary source of file associations is HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, which in modern Windows versions is a merged view of the per-user HKCU\Software\Classes and the …
shortcut - Need help in editing .lnk files? - Stack Overflow
We have recently changed to a new server and because of a change in it's name from //sbcmaster to //sbcserver1 I have a huge problem where I have hundreds of .lnk files need to …
windows - Run a shortcut with a batch file - Stack Overflow
The shortcuts works fine but I want to make a batch file to select which account to use, then launch the shortcut for that account. For some reason I can't find out how to launch a shortcut …
c# - Get target of shortcut folder - Stack Overflow
Feb 23, 2012 · How do you get the directory target of a shortcut folder? I've search everywhere and only finds target of shortcut file.