OMG, talk about tilting at windmills...
On Windows I have a program that I installed that didn't create a "Start Menu" item.
One would think you could go to Windows File Explorer > New > Shortcut
Nope, it ain't there.
So I thought, I'll make a cute little program, I'll give it the link and the target and it makes a "Shortcut".
Well, the "Shell Link" is pretty well documented but it uses "ID Lists" which are not documented.
There are sites that show some details.
Quote:
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Originally Posted by MS docs
Data: (68 bytes, offset 0x007D), <68 bytes of data> "test"
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How do they manage to fit four characters in
only sixty-eight bytes?
The standard is bloated, the links already in use are bloated.
What is necessary and what is bloat?
Finally I got it all to work.
My lnk files are ~200 bytes while most that you'll see are 1k.
Yeah, I know that there is some way to do this in "Power Shell" but I hate that.
If anybody is interested I'll be putting this on my site once it gets polished.