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A .lnk
file in Windows is an actual file intended to be a shortcut to another file. However, I really do want to view the contents on the .lnk
file itself. I'm finding it literally impossible to do so; no matter what I try, my applications are opening the contents of the file it points to (drag/drop into text or hex editor, file | open from text or hex editor, etc.)
Is there some way I can tell a program to actually open the .lnk file instead of the file it points to?
3You can always rename it to .txt or something. Usually this doesn't cause it to lose any data. – Jon – 2014-06-09T23:31:58.887
1@Chipperyman Except that that doesn't work. You cannot easily rename
.lnk
files with a new extension. – 287352 – 2014-06-11T06:13:48.807