Overview

Typically referred to as LNK files, shortcut files are Windows-related files. It is a shortened form for “LINK” It preserves basic information including the size, location, and type of the original file so acting as a reference to it. It also covers the program meant to open the targeted file. LNK file access is not difficult. To access a file, just right-click on it; then, go to the drop-down menu and choose “Create Shortcut.” LNK files show up in Windows as a curled arrow instead of their extension. You have to double-click the shortcut file to see LNK files.

Category

It falls in the category of System Files.

Supportive Apps

MS Windows

Developer

The tech giant MS Corporation takes care of the file extension.

MIME Types

Application/x-ms-shortcut

File Format

The format of LNK is binary.

Location

Windows XP

It is located in different locations in different Windows OS.

• \Documents and Settings\UserName\Recent and
• \Documents and Settings\UserName\Application Data\Microsoft\Office\Recent

Windows Vista

• \Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft \Windows\Recent and
• \Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Office\Recent

Users can easily access LNK files on any version of MS Windows.