LNK Tags

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

Index1 Tag Name Writable Values / Notes 0x0014 Flags N 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 N 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 N   0x0024 AccessDate N   0x002c ModifyDate N   0x0034 TargetFileSize N   0x0038 IconIndex N   0x003c RunWindow N 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 N 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 N   0x30008 RelativePath N   0x30010 WorkingDirectory N   0x30020 CommandLineArguments N   0x30040 IconFileName N   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 N

LNK LinkInfo Tags

Tag Name Writable Values / Notes CommonNetworkRelLink N   CommonPathSuffix N   DeviceName N   DriveSerialNumber N   DriveType N 0 = Unknown 1 = Invalid Root Path 2 = Removable Media 3 = Fixed Disk    4 = Remote Drive 5 = CD-ROM 6 = Ram Disk LocalBasePath N   NetName N   NetProviderType N 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 N   VolumeLabel N

LNK UnknownData Tags

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

LNK ConsoleData Tags

Index1 Tag Name Writable Values / Notes 8 FillAttributes N   10 PopupFillAttributes N   12 ScreenBufferSize N   16 WindowSize N   20 WindowOrigin N   32 FontSize N   36 FontFamily N 0x0 = Don't Care 0x10 = Roman 0x20 = Swiss    0x30 = Modern 0x40 = Script 0x50 = Decorative 40 FontWeight N   44 FontName N   108 CursorSize N   112 FullScreen N   116 QuickEdit N   120 InsertMode N   124 WindowOriginAuto N   128 HistoryBufferSize N   132 NumHistoryBuffers N   136 RemoveHistoryDuplicates N

LNK TrackerData Tags

Index1 Tag Name Writable Values / Notes 16 MachineID N

LNK ConsoleFEData Tags

Index1 Tag Name Writable Values / Notes 8 CodePage N

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