Show .lnk in explorer

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Shortcuts on desktop and in explorer just show .exe, as in "Myprogram.exe" How can I make

them add .lnk, as in "Myprogram.exe.lnk"?



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"tcebob" wrote in message

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> Shortcuts on desktop and in explorer just show .exe, as in "Myprogram.exe"

> How can I make

> them add .lnk, as in "Myprogram.exe.lnk"?

>

> tcebob

>

>



The "Type" column (if displayed) tells you that it is a shortcut.
 
tcebob wrote:

> Shortcuts on desktop and in explorer just show .exe, as in "Myprogram.exe" How can I make

> them add .lnk, as in "Myprogram.exe.lnk"?

>

> tcebob

>

>



Are the items on your desktop really shortcuts or are they the actual

executable files? Right-click and select properties. Look at the

"General" tab. If the size is just a few bytes (less than 4 KB "on

disk") it's almost certainly a shortcut. Much larger and it's probably

the program itself.



If they're really shortcuts, what happens if you delete one and then

re-create it by right-clicking the actual exe file and selecting "Send

to > Desktop (create shortcut)"? Does the newly-created shortcut have

the exe extension?



--

Lem



Apollo 11 - 40 years ago:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/40th/index.html
 
Yes, they are shortcuts. A peep at properties verifies it. Yes, the newly created shortcut

has the .exe extension when viewed in explorer, details view. I know the file has a .lnk

extension after the .exe because it shows up in Total Commander, which I use a lot. Hmm .

.. . I just looked in some other folders with shortcuts and they do not even give ".exe,"

just the type "shortcut."



tcebob



"Lem" wrote in message

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: tcebob wrote:

: > Shortcuts on desktop and in explorer just show .exe, as in "Myprogram.exe" How can I

make

: > them add .lnk, as in "Myprogram.exe.lnk"?

: >

: > tcebob

: >

: >

:

: Are the items on your desktop really shortcuts or are they the actual

: executable files? Right-click and select properties. Look at the

: "General" tab. If the size is just a few bytes (less than 4 KB "on

: disk") it's almost certainly a shortcut. Much larger and it's probably

: the program itself.

:

: If they're really shortcuts, what happens if you delete one and then

: re-create it by right-clicking the actual exe file and selecting "Send

: to > Desktop (create shortcut)"? Does the newly-created shortcut have

: the exe extension?

:

: --

: Lem

:

: Apollo 11 - 40 years ago:

: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/40th/index.html
 
Delete the registry value "IsShortcut" from this key:



HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile





ju.c





"tcebob" wrote in message news:#AyPAQ#5KHA.3656@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> Shortcuts on desktop and in explorer just show .exe, as in "Myprogram.exe" How can I make

> them add .lnk, as in "Myprogram.exe.lnk"?

>

> tcebob

>

>
 
Not in the registry. Closest is InkEd.InkEdit, which is empty.



rs



"ju.c" wrote in message

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: Delete the registry value "IsShortcut" from this key:

:

: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile

:

:

: ju.c

:

:

: "tcebob" wrote in message

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: > Shortcuts on desktop and in explorer just show .exe, as in "Myprogram.exe" How can I

make

: > them add .lnk, as in "Myprogram.exe.lnk"?

: >

: > tcebob

: >

: >
 
You are misreading it.

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile is correct

lnkfile=LNKFILE not inkfile



(this is not a recommendation that you remove it)



....Alan

--

Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer

http://dts-l.com/index.htm







On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:13:58 -0400, in

microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, "tcebob" wrote:



>Not in the registry. Closest is InkEd.InkEdit, which is empty.

>

>rs

>

>"ju.c" wrote in message

>news:uUfDQZE6KHA.1888@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>: Delete the registry value "IsShortcut" from this key:

>:

>: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile

>:

>:

>: ju.c

>:

>:

>: "tcebob" wrote in message

>news:#AyPAQ#5KHA.3656@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>: > Shortcuts on desktop and in explorer just show .exe, as in "Myprogram.exe" How can I

>make

>: > them add .lnk, as in "Myprogram.exe.lnk"?

>: >

>: > tcebob

>: >

>: >

>
 
tcebob wrote:



> Shortcuts on desktop and in explorer just show .exe, as in "Myprogram.exe" How can I make

> them add .lnk, as in "Myprogram.exe.lnk"?



Both .lnk and .url files are shortcuts aka links.



Despite enabling the view in Windows Explorer to show filetypes (i.e.,

extensions), it will still not show .lnk or .url as the extension for those

shortcut files. For example, all your stored shortcuts in the

%userprofile%\Favorites folder (normally used by the web browser) are all

..url files.



They're probably not files at all but instead short entries that fit within

the MFT. For NTFS, files that are shorter in length than 1024 bytes are

actually stored within the MFT since that much space is allocated for each

file descriptor. There's no point in wasting additional disk space for the

file if it can be contained within the MFT that already has the space

allocated for its description. Small files can be "resident" in the MFT, or

they can be "non-resident" where they are stored in additional MFT records

or in extents that lie outside the MFT. Under NTFS, there is no distinction

between the data in a file and the attributes that describe the file. The

data is just another attribute of the file.



As with most configuration of Windows, much of what is possible is not

exposed in the config screens available to normal users. In Folder Options

-> View, there is no option to show .url and .lnk filetypes. There are

several filetypes that you normally cannot get Windows Explorer to show in

its UI (in fact, there are special files and folders that are hardcoded into

Windows Explorer to not show you).



Nirsoft's File Types Manager for Windows

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/file_types_manager.html



This utility supposedly lets you make a filetype visible in Windows Explorer

(by enabling its "Show" attribute). Select a filetype and hit F2 to edit

its attributes. I haven't done this so, as always when tweaking your host,

use at your own risk. You might want to save a backup image of your OS

partition before putzing around inside the registry that modifies the

behavior of Windows Explorer.
 
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