LNK Tags

Information extracted from MS Shell Link (Windows shortcut) files.

Index1 Tag Name Writable Values / Notes 0x0014 Flags no Bit 0 = IDList Bit 1 = LinkInfo Bit 2 = Description Bit 3 = RelativePath Bit 4 = WorkingDir Bit 5 = CommandArgs Bit 6 = IconFile Bit 7 = Unicode Bit 8 = NoLinkInfo Bit 9 = ExpString Bit 10 = SeparateProc Bit 12 = DarwinID Bit 13 = RunAsUser Bit 14 = ExpIcon Bit 15 = NoPidAlias Bit 17 = RunWithShim Bit 18 = NoLinkTrack Bit 19 = TargetMetadata Bit 20 = NoLinkPathTracking Bit 21 = NoKnownFolderTracking Bit 22 = NoKnownFolderAlias Bit 23 = LinkToLink Bit 24 = UnaliasOnSave Bit 25 = PreferEnvPath Bit 26 = KeepLocalIDList 0x0018 FileAttributes no Bit 0 = Read-only Bit 1 = Hidden Bit 2 = System Bit 3 = Volume Bit 4 = Directory Bit 5 = Archive Bit 6 = Encrypted? Bit 7 = Normal    Bit 8 = Temporary Bit 9 = Sparse Bit 10 = Reparse point Bit 11 = Compressed Bit 12 = Offline Bit 13 = Not indexed Bit 14 = Encrypted 0x001c CreateDate no   0x0024 AccessDate no   0x002c ModifyDate no   0x0034 TargetFileSize no   0x0038 IconIndex no   0x003c RunWindow no 0 = Hide 1 = Normal 2 = Show Minimized 3 = Show Maximized 4 = Show No Activate 5 = Show 6 = Minimized 7 = Show Minimized No Activate 8 = Show NA 9 = Restore 10 = Show Default 0x0040 HotKey no 0x0 = (none) 0x90 = Num Lock 0x91 = Scroll Lock 0x100 = Shift 0x200 = Control    0x400 = Alt '0x30'-'0x39' = 0-9 '0x41'-'0x5a' = A-Z '0x70'-'0x87' = F1-F24 0x10000 ItemID - --> LNK ItemID Tags 0x20000 LinkInfo - --> LNK LinkInfo Tags 0x30004 Description no   0x30008 RelativePath no   0x30010 WorkingDirectory no   0x30020 CommandLineArguments no   0x30040 IconFileName no   0xa0000000 UnknownData - --> LNK UnknownData Tags 0xa0000001 EnvVarData - --> LNK UnknownData Tags 0xa0000002 ConsoleData - --> LNK ConsoleData Tags 0xa0000003 TrackerData - --> LNK TrackerData Tags 0xa0000004 ConsoleFEData - --> LNK ConsoleFEData Tags 0xa0000005 SpecialFolderData - --> LNK UnknownData Tags 0xa0000006 DarwinData - --> LNK UnknownData Tags 0xa0000007 IconEnvData - --> LNK UnknownData Tags 0xa0000008 ShimData - --> LNK UnknownData Tags 0xa0000009 PropertyStoreData - --> LNK UnknownData Tags 0xa000000b KnownFolderData - --> LNK UnknownData Tags 0xa000000c VistaIDListData - --> LNK UnknownData Tags

LNK ItemID Tags

Tag ID Tag Name Writable Values / Notes 0x0032 Item0032 - --> LNK Item0032 Tags

LNK Item0032 Tags

Index1 Tag Name Writable Values / Notes 14 TargetFileDOSName no

LNK LinkInfo Tags

Tag Name Writable Values / Notes CommonNetworkRelLink no   CommonPathSuffix no   DeviceName no   DriveSerialNumber no   DriveType no 0 = Unknown 1 = Invalid Root Path 2 = Removable Media 3 = Fixed Disk    4 = Remote Drive 5 = CD-ROM 6 = Ram Disk LocalBasePath no   NetName no   NetProviderType no 0x1a0000 = AVID 0x1b0000 = DOCUSPACE 0x1c0000 = MANGOSOFT 0x1d0000 = SERNET 0x1e0000 = RIVERFRONT1 0x1f0000 = RIVERFRONT2 0x200000 = DECORB 0x210000 = PROTSTOR 0x220000 = FJ_REDIR 0x230000 = DISTINCT 0x240000 = TWINS 0x250000 = RDR2SAMPLE 0x260000 = CSC 0x270000 = 3IN1 0x290000 = EXTENDNET 0x2a0000 = STAC 0x2b0000 = FOXBAT    0x2c0000 = YAHOO 0x2d0000 = EXIFS 0x2e0000 = DAV 0x2f0000 = KNOWARE 0x300000 = OBJECT_DIRE 0x310000 = MASFAX 0x320000 = HOB_NFS 0x330000 = SHIVA 0x340000 = IBMAL 0x350000 = LOCK 0x360000 = TERMSRV 0x370000 = SRT 0x380000 = QUINCY 0x390000 = OPENAFS 0x3a0000 = AVID1 0x3b0000 = DFS VolumeID no   VolumeLabel no

LNK UnknownData Tags

Index1 Tag Name Writable Values / Notes [no tags known]

LNK ConsoleData Tags

Index1 Tag Name Writable Values / Notes 8 FillAttributes no   10 PopupFillAttributes no   12 ScreenBufferSize no   16 WindowSize no   20 WindowOrigin no   32 FontSize no   36 FontFamily no 0x0 = Don't Care 0x10 = Roman 0x20 = Swiss    0x30 = Modern 0x40 = Script 0x50 = Decorative 40 FontWeight no   44 FontName no   108 CursorSize no   112 FullScreen no   116 QuickEdit no   120 InsertMode no   124 WindowOriginAuto no   128 HistoryBufferSize no   132 NumHistoryBuffers no   136 RemoveHistoryDuplicates no

LNK TrackerData Tags

Index1 Tag Name Writable Values / Notes 16 MachineID no

LNK ConsoleFEData Tags

Index1 Tag Name Writable Values / Notes 8 CodePage no

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