Windows shortcut file Format Resolution

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Okay, here we are. It is known that the various properties of shortcuts can be obtained through the IShellLink interface. Concrete how to do, there are many articles on the Internet, here is not introduced. Now the main is to analyze the format of the shortcut file, and write an analytic program.

For the sake of understanding, after each paragraph, we enclose the case data of the corresponding part of the shortcut and enclose the content narration. Take a shortcut to Windows Media Player on the desktop here for example.

I. The overall structure of the document

Second, the document head

File header structure, refer to the following table:

Offset	Size/type	Description
0h	1 DWORD	Value is usually 0000004CH, is the character "L"
4h	bytes	Guid
①14h	1 DWORD	Flags, which identify the optional attributes in the shortcut file, followed by a table that explains the meaning of each bit individually.
②18h	1 DWORD	The target file attribute, which is explained later.
1ch	1 Qword	File creation time
24h	1 Qword	File modification Time
2ch	1 Qword	File last access time
54.	1 DWORD	Target file length
38h	1 DWORD	Number of custom icons,
3ch	1 DWORD	How the window is displayed when the target file executes: 1. Normal display 2. Minimize 3, maximize
40h	1 DWORD	Hotkey
44h	2 DWORD	It's not clear yet. Use value is usually 0