Windows Shortcut

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A [[Windows Shortcut]] is a Microsoft Windows file providing a link to a local file, and storing some metadata about it.
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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.
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== Software ==
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* [https://tzworks.net/prototype_page.php?proto_id=11 lp: Windows LNK Parsing Utility]
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* [https://github.com/libyal/liblnk liblnk]
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* [http://code.google.com/p/lnk-parser/ lnk-parser]
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==
  
* [http://www.forensicswiki.org/wiki/LNK Documentation in Forensic Wiki]
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* [{{ForensicsWikiURL|lnk}} Documentation in Forensics Wiki]
* [https://tzworks.net/prototype_page.php?proto_id=11 LNK parsing tool]
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* [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd871305.aspx MSDN: Shell Link (.LNK) Binary File Format]
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* LNK Parsing: You're Doing It Wrong: [http://blog.0x01000000.org/2010/08/10/lnk-parsing-youre-doing-it-wrong-i/ part 1], [http://blog.0x01000000.org/2010/08/13/lnk-parsing-youre-doing-it-wrong-ii/ part 2]
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== References ==
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<references/>
  
 
[[Category:Microsoft]]
 
[[Category:Microsoft]]
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[[Category:Windows]]

Latest revision as of 17:17, 2 September 2023

File Format
Name Windows Shortcut
Ontology
Extension(s) .lnk
MIME Type(s) application/x-ms-shortcut[1]
PRONOM x-fmt/428

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.

[edit] Software

[edit] Links

[edit] References

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shortcut_(computing)
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