Windows Shortcut

A Windows Shortcut (also known as LNK or Microsoft Shell Link) is a Microsoft Windows file providing a link to a local file, and storing some metadata about it.

Software

 * lp: Windows LNK Parsing Utility
 * liblnk
 * lnk-parser

Links

 * Documentation in Forensics Wiki
 * MSDN: Shell Link (.LNK) Binary File Format
 * LNK Parsing: You're Doing It Wrong: part 1, part 2