LNK Tags

Information extracted from MS Shell Link (Windows shortcut) files.

Index1Tag Name WritableValues / Notes
0x0014 Flags no
Bit 0 = IDList
Bit 1 = LinkInfo
Bit 2 = Description
Bit 3 = RelativePath
Bit 4 = WorkingDir
Bit 5 = CommandArgs
Bit 6 = IconFile
Bit 7 = Unicode
Bit 8 = NoLinkInfo
Bit 9 = ExpString
Bit 10 = SeparateProc
Bit 12 = DarwinID
Bit 13 = RunAsUser
Bit 14 = ExpIcon
Bit 15 = NoPidAlias
Bit 17 = RunWithShim
Bit 18 = NoLinkTrack
Bit 19 = TargetMetadata
Bit 20 = NoLinkPathTracking
Bit 21 = NoKnownFolderTracking
Bit 22 = NoKnownFolderAlias
Bit 23 = LinkToLink
Bit 24 = UnaliasOnSave
Bit 25 = PreferEnvPath
Bit 26 = KeepLocalIDList
0x0018 FileAttributes no
Bit 0 = Read-only
Bit 1 = Hidden
Bit 2 = System
Bit 3 = Volume
Bit 4 = Directory
Bit 5 = Archive
Bit 6 = Encrypted?
Bit 7 = Normal
   Bit 8 = Temporary
Bit 9 = Sparse
Bit 10 = Reparse point
Bit 11 = Compressed
Bit 12 = Offline
Bit 13 = Not indexed
Bit 14 = Encrypted
0x001c CreateDate no  
0x0024 AccessDate no  
0x002c ModifyDate no  
0x0034 TargetFileSize no  
0x0038 IconIndex no  
0x003c RunWindow no
0 = Hide
1 = Normal
2 = Show Minimized
3 = Show Maximized
4 = Show No Activate
5 = Show
6 = Minimized
7 = Show Minimized No Activate
8 = Show NA
9 = Restore
10 = Show Default
0x0040 HotKey no
0x0 = (none)
0x90 = Num Lock
0x91 = Scroll Lock
0x100 = Shift
0x200 = Control
   0x400 = Alt
'0x30'-'0x39' = 0-9
'0x41'-'0x5a' = A-Z
'0x70'-'0x87' = F1-F24
0x10000 ItemID - --> LNK ItemID Tags
0x20000 LinkInfo - --> LNK LinkInfo Tags
0x30004 Description no  
0x30008 RelativePath no  
0x30010 WorkingDirectory no  
0x30020 CommandLineArguments no  
0x30040 IconFileName no  
0xa0000000 UnknownData - --> LNK UnknownData Tags
0xa0000001 EnvVarData - --> LNK EnvVarData Tags
0xa0000002 ConsoleData - --> LNK ConsoleData Tags
0xa0000003 TrackerData - --> LNK TrackerData Tags
0xa0000004 ConsoleFEData - --> LNK ConsoleFEData Tags
0xa0000005 SpecialFolderData - --> LNK UnknownData Tags
0xa0000006 DarwinData - --> LNK UnknownData Tags
0xa0000007 IconEnvData - --> LNK UnknownData Tags
0xa0000008 ShimData - --> LNK UnknownData Tags
0xa0000009 PropertyStoreData - --> LNK UnknownData Tags
0xa000000b KnownFolderData - --> LNK UnknownData Tags
0xa000000c VistaIDListData - --> LNK UnknownData Tags

LNK ItemID Tags

Tag IDTag Name WritableValues / Notes
0x001f FolderInfo - --> LNK FolderInfo Tags
0x002e VolumeGUID no --> LNK GUID Values
0x002f VolumeName no  
0x0031 FileInfo - --> LNK FileInfo Tags
0x0032 TargetInfo - --> LNK TargetInfo Tags
0x0035 DirInfo - --> LNK DirInfo Tags
0x0036 FileInfo2 - --> LNK FileInfo2 Tags
0x0071 ControlPanelShellItem no --> LNK GUID Values
0x00ff VendorData no  

LNK GUID Values

ValueGUID
'00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046'= Shell Link Class Identifier
'008CA0B1-55B4-4C56-B8A8-4DE4B299D3BE'= Account Pictures (per-user)
'00BCFC5A-ED94-4E48-96A1-3F6217F21990'= RoamingTiles (per-user)
'0139D44E-6AFE-49F2-8690-3DAFCAE6FFB8'= Programs (common)
'04731B67-D933-450A-90E6-4ACD2E9408FE'= CLSID_SearchFolder (Windows Search)
'0482AF6C-08F1-4C34-8C90-E17EC98B1E17'= Public Account Pictures (common)
'054FAE61-4DD8-4787-80B6-090220C4B700'= GameExplorer (per-user)
'0762D272-C50A-4BB0-A382-697DCD729B80'= Users (fixed)
'0AC0837C-BBF8-452A-850D-79D08E667CA7'= Computer (virtual)
'0D4C3DB6-03A3-462F-A0E6-08924C41B5D4'= History (per-user)
'0F214138-B1D3-4A90-BBA9-27CBC0C5389A'= Sync Setup (virtual)
'15CA69B3-30EE-49C1-ACE1-6B5EC372AFB5'= Sample Playlists (common)
'1777F761-68AD-4D8A-87BD-30B759FA33DD'= Favorites (per-user)
'17789161-0268-45B3-8557-013009765873'= Local AppData
'18989B1D-99B5-455B-841C-AB7C74E4DDFC'= MyVideos (per-user)
'190337D1-B8CA-4121-A639-6D472D16972A'= Search Results (virtual)
'1A6FDBA2-F42D-4358-A798-B74D745926C5'= Recorded TV (common)
'1AC14E77-02E7-4E5D-B744-2EB1AE5198B7'= System32 (fixed)
'1B3EA5DC-B587-4786-B4EF-BD1DC332AEAE'= Libraries (per-user)
'1E87508D-89C2-42F0-8A7E-645A0F50CA58'= Applications (virtual)
'20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D'= My Computer
'2112AB0A-C86A-4FFE-A368-0DE96E47012E'= Music (per-user)
'21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D'= Control Panel Items
'2400183A-6185-49FB-A2D8-4A392A602BA3'= Public Videos (common)
'24D89E24-2F19-4534-9DDE-6A6671FBB8FE'= Documents (per-user)
'289A9A43-BE44-4057-A41B-587A76D7E7F9'= Sync Results (virtual)
'2A00375E-224C-49DE-B8D1-440DF7EF3DDC'= None (fixed)
'2B0F765D-C0E9-4171-908E-08A611B84FF6'= Cookies (per-user)
'2C36C0AA-5812-4B87-BFD0-4CD0DFB19B39'= Original Images (per-user)
'31C0DD25-9439-4F12-BF41-7FF4EDA38722'= 3D Objects (per-user)
'3214FAB5-9757-4298-BB61-92A9DEAA44FF'= Public Music (common)
'339719B5-8C47-4894-94C2-D8F77ADD44A6'= Pictures (per-user)
'33E28130-4E1E-4676-835A-98395C3BC3BB'= Pictures (per-user)
'352481E8-33BE-4251-BA85-6007CAEDCF9D'= Temporary Internet Files (per-user)
'374DE290-123F-4565-9164-39C4925E467B'= Downloads (per-user)
'3B193882-D3AD-4EAB-965A-69829D1FB59F'= Saved Pictures (per-user)
'3D644C9B-1FB8-4F30-9B45-F670235F79C0'= Public Downloads (common)
'3EB685DB-65F9-4CF6-A03A-E3EF65729F3D'= Roaming (per-user)
'43668BF8-C14E-49B2-97C9-747784D784B7'= Sync Center (virtual)
'450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-A2A8-0800361B3003'= My Documents
'48DAF80B-E6CF-4F4E-B800-0E69D84EE384'= Libraries (common)
'491E922F-5643-4AF4-A7EB-4E7A138D8174'= Videos (per-user)
'4BD8D571-6D19-48D3-BE97-422220080E43'= Music (per-user)
'4BFEFB45-347D-4006-A5BE-AC0CB0567192'= Conflicts (virtual)
'4C5C32FF-BB9D-43B0-B5B4-2D72E54EAAA4'= Saved Games (per-user)
'4D9F7874-4E0C-4904-967B-40B0D20C3E4B'= The Internet (virtual)
'52528A6B-B9E3-4ADD-B60D-588C2DBA842D'= Homegroup (virtual)
'52A4F021-7B75-48A9-9F6B-4B87A210BC8F'= Quick Launch (per-user)
'53F5630D-B6BF-11D0-94F2-00A0C91EFB8B'= Device Class GUID for a volume
'559D40A3-A036-40FA-AF61-84CB430A4D34'= AppDataProgramData (per-user)
'56784854-C6CB-462B-8169-88E350ACB882'= Contacts (per-user)
'5CD7AEE2-2219-4A67-B85D-6C9CE15660CB'= Programs (per-user)
'5CE4A5E9-E4EB-479D-B89F-130C02886155'= DeviceMetadataStore (common)
'5E6C858F-0E22-4760-9AFE-EA3317B67173'= User Name (%USERNAME%) (fixed)
'625B53C3-AB48-4EC1-BA1F-A1EF4146FC19'= Start Menu (per-user)
'62AB5D82-FDC1-4DC3-A9DD-070D1D495D97'= ProgramData (fixed)
'6365D5A7-0F0D-45E5-87F6-0DA56B6A4F7D'= Common Files (fixed)
'69D2CF90-FC33-4FB7-9A0C-EBB0F0FCB43C'= Slide Shows (per-user)
'6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E'= Program Files (fixed)
'6F0CD92B-2E97-45D1-88FF-B0D186B8DEDD'= Network Connections (virtual)
'7007ACC7-3202-11D1-AAD2-00805FC1270E'= Network Connections
'724EF170-A42D-4FEF-9F26-B60E846FBA4F'= Administrative Tools (per-user)
'767E6811-49CB-4273-87C2-20F355E1085B'= Camera Roll (per-user)
'76FC4E2D-D6AD-4519-A663-37BD56068185'= Printers (virtual)
'7B0DB17D-9CD2-4A93-9733-46CC89022E7C'= Documents (per-user)
'7B396E54-9EC5-4300-BE0A-2482EBAE1A26'= Gadgets (common)
'7BE16610-1F7F-44AC-BFF0-83E15F2FFCA1'= AppDataDocuments (per-user)
'7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E'= Program Files (fixed)
'7CFBEFBC-DE1F-45AA-B843-A542AC536CC9'= AppDataFavorites (per-user)
'7D1D3A04-DEBB-4115-95CF-2F29DA2920DA'= Searches (per-user)
'7E636BFE-DFA9-4D5E-B456-D7B39851D8A9'= Templates (per-user)
'82A5EA35-D9CD-47C5-9629-E15D2F714E6E'= Startup (common)
'82A74AEB-AEB4-465C-A014-D097EE346D63'= Control Panel (virtual)
'859EAD94-2E85-48AD-A71A-0969CB56A6CD'= Sample Videos (common)
'8983036C-27C0-404B-8F08-102D10DCFD74'= SendTo (per-user)
'8AD10C31-2ADB-4296-A8F7-E4701232C972'= Resources (fixed)
'905E63B6-C1BF-494E-B29C-65B732D3D21A'= Program Files (fixed)
'9274BD8D-CFD1-41C3-B35E-B13F55A758F4'= Printer Shortcuts (per-user)
'98EC0E18-2098-4D44-8644-66979315A281'= Microsoft Office Outlook (virtual)
'9B74B6A3-0DFD-4F11-9E78-5F7800F2E772'= User name (%USERNAME%) (virtual)
'9E395ED8-512D-4315-9960-9110B74616C8'= Recent Items
'9E3995AB-1F9C-4F13-B827-48B24B6C7174'= User Pinned (per-user)
'9E52AB10-F80D-49DF-ACB8-4330F5687855'= Temporary Burn Folder (per-user)
'A302545D-DEFF-464B-ABE8-61C8648D939B'= Libraries (virtual)
'A305CE99-F527-492B-8B1A-7E76FA98D6E4'= Installed Updates (virtual)
'A3918781-E5F2-4890-B3D9-A7E54332328C'= Application Shortcuts (per-user)
'A4115719-D62E-491D-AA7C-E74B8BE3B067'= Start Menu (common)
'A520A1A4-1780-4FF6-BD18-167343C5AF16'= LocalLow (per-user)
'A52BBA46-E9E1-435F-B3D9-28DAA648C0F6'= OneDrive (per-user)
'A63293E8-664E-48DB-A079-DF759E0509F7'= Templates (per-user)
'A75D362E-50FC-4FB7-AC2C-A8BEAA314493'= Gadgets (per-user)
'A77F5D77-2E2B-44C3-A6A2-ABA601054A51'= Programs (per-user)
'A990AE9F-A03B-4E80-94BC-9912D7504104'= Pictures (per-user)
'AAA8D5A5-F1D6-4259-BAA8-78E7EF60835E'= RoamedTileImages (per-user)
'AB5FB87B-7CE2-4F83-915D-550846C9537B'= Camera Roll (per-user)
'AE50C081-EBD2-438A-8655-8A092E34987A'= Recent Items (per-user)
'B250C668-F57D-4EE1-A63C-290EE7D1AA1F'= Sample Music (common)
'B2C5E279-7ADD-439F-B28C-C41FE1BBF672'= AppDataDesktop (per-user)
'B4BFCC3A-DB2C-424C-B029-7FE99A87C641'= Desktop
'B6EBFB86-6907-413C-9AF7-4FC2ABF07CC5'= Public Pictures (common)
'B7534046-3ECB-4C18-BE4E-64CD4CB7D6AC'= Recycle Bin (virtual)
'B7BEDE81-DF94-4682-A7D8-57A52620B86F'= Screenshots (per-user)
'B94237E7-57AC-4347-9151-B08C6C32D1F7'= Templates (common)
'B97D20BB-F46A-4C97-BA10-5E3608430854'= Startup (per-user)
'BCB5256F-79F6-4CEE-B725-DC34E402FD46'= ImplicitAppShortcuts (per-user)
'BCBD3057-CA5C-4622-B42D-BC56DB0AE516'= Programs (per-user)
'BFB9D5E0-C6A9-404C-B2B2-AE6DB6AF4968'= Links (per-user)
'C1BAE2D0-10DF-4334-BEDD-7AA20B227A9D'= OEM Links (common)
'C4900540-2379-4C75-844B-64E6FAF8716B'= Sample Pictures (common)
'C4AA340D-F20F-4863-AFEF-F87EF2E6BA25'= Public Desktop (common)
'C5ABBF53-E17F-4121-8900-86626FC2C973'= Network Shortcuts (per-user)
'C870044B-F49E-4126-A9C3-B52A1FF411E8'= Ringtones (per-user)
'CAC52C1A-B53D-4EDC-92D7-6B2E8AC19434'= Games (virtual)
'D0384E7D-BAC3-4797-8F14-CBA229B392B5'= Administrative Tools (common)
'D20BEEC4-5CA8-4905-AE3B-BF251EA09B53'= Network (virtual)
'D65231B0-B2F1-4857-A4CE-A8E7C6EA7D27'= System32 (fixed)
'D9DC8A3B-B784-432E-A781-5A1130A75963'= History (per-user)
'DE61D971-5EBC-4F02-A3A9-6C82895E5C04'= Get Programs (virtual)
'DE92C1C7-837F-4F69-A3BB-86E631204A23'= Playlists (per-user)
'DE974D24-D9C6-4D3E-BF91-F4455120B917'= Common Files (fixed)
'DEBF2536-E1A8-4C59-B6A2-414586476AEA'= GameExplorer (common)
'DF7266AC-9274-4867-8D55-3BD661DE872D'= Programs and Features (virtual)
'DFDF76A2-C82A-4D63-906A-5644AC457385'= Public (fixed)
'E25B5812-BE88-4BD9-94B0-29233477B6C3'= Saved Pictures Library (per-user)
'E555AB60-153B-4D17-9F04-A5FE99FC15EC'= Ringtones (common)
'ED4824AF-DCE4-45A8-81E2-FC7965083634'= Public Documents (common)
'EE32E446-31CA-4ABA-814F-A5EBD2FD6D5E'= Offline Files (virtual)
'F1B32785-6FBA-4FCF-9D55-7B8E7F157091'= Local (per-user)
'F3364BA0-65B9-11CE-A9BA-00AA004AE661'= Search Results Folder
'F3CE0F7C-4901-4ACC-8648-D5D44B04EF8F'= Users Full Name (virtual)
'F42EE2D3-909F-4907-8871-4C22FC0BF756'= Documents
'F7F1ED05-9F6D-47A2-AAAE-29D317C6F066'= Common Files (fixed)
'FD228CB7-AE11-4AE3-864C-16F3910AB8FE'= Fonts (fixed)
'FDD39AD0-238F-46AF-ADB4-6C85480369C7'= Documents (per-user)

LNK FolderInfo Tags

Index1Tag Name WritableValues / Notes
4 FolderGUID no --> LNK GUID Values

LNK FileInfo Tags

Index1Tag Name WritableValues / Notes
8 FileEntryModifyDate no  
12 FileEntryAttributes no
Bit 0 = Read-only
Bit 1 = Hidden
Bit 2 = System
   Bit 3 = Volume Label
Bit 4 = Directory
Bit 5 = Archive
14 FileEntryDOSName no  
24 FileEntryCreateDate no  
28 FileEntryAccessDate no  
36 FileEntryName no  

LNK TargetInfo Tags

Index1Tag Name WritableValues / Notes
8 TargetFileModifyDate no  
12 TargetFileAttributes no
Bit 0 = Read-only
Bit 1 = Hidden
Bit 2 = System
   Bit 3 = Volume Label
Bit 4 = Directory
Bit 5 = Archive
14 TargetFileDOSName no  
24 TargetFileCreateDate no  
28 TargetFileAccessDate no  
36 TargetFileName no  

LNK DirInfo Tags

Index1Tag Name WritableValues / Notes
14 LinkedDirectoryName no  

LNK FileInfo2 Tags

Index1Tag Name WritableValues / Notes
14 LinkedFileName no  

LNK LinkInfo Tags

Tag Name WritableValues / Notes
CommonNetworkRelLink no  
CommonPathSuffix no  
CommonPathSuffixUnicode no  
DeviceName no  
DriveSerialNumber no  
DriveType no
0 = Unknown
1 = Invalid Root Path
2 = Removable Media
3 = Fixed Disk
   4 = Remote Drive
5 = CD-ROM
6 = Ram Disk
LocalBasePath no  
NetName no  
NetProviderType no
0x1a0000 = AVID
0x1b0000 = DOCUSPACE
0x1c0000 = MANGOSOFT
0x1d0000 = SERNET
0x1e0000 = RIVERFRONT1
0x1f0000 = RIVERFRONT2
0x200000 = DECORB
0x210000 = PROTSTOR
0x220000 = FJ_REDIR
0x230000 = DISTINCT
0x240000 = TWINS
0x250000 = RDR2SAMPLE
0x260000 = CSC
0x270000 = 3IN1
0x290000 = EXTENDNET
0x2a0000 = STAC
0x2b0000 = FOXBAT
   0x2c0000 = YAHOO
0x2d0000 = EXIFS
0x2e0000 = DAV
0x2f0000 = KNOWARE
0x300000 = OBJECT_DIRE
0x310000 = MASFAX
0x320000 = HOB_NFS
0x330000 = SHIVA
0x340000 = IBMAL
0x350000 = LOCK
0x360000 = TERMSRV
0x370000 = SRT
0x380000 = QUINCY
0x390000 = OPENAFS
0x3a0000 = AVID1
0x3b0000 = DFS
VolumeID no  
VolumeLabel no  

LNK UnknownData Tags

Index1Tag Name WritableValues / Notes
[no tags known]

LNK EnvVarData Tags

Index1Tag Name WritableValues / Notes
8 EnvironmentTarget no  
268 EnvironmentTargetUnicode no  

LNK ConsoleData Tags

Index1Tag Name WritableValues / Notes
8 FillAttributes no  
10 PopupFillAttributes no  
12 ScreenBufferSize no  
16 WindowSize no  
20 WindowOrigin no  
32 FontSize no  
36 FontFamily no
0x0 = Don't Care
0x10 = Roman
0x20 = Swiss
   0x30 = Modern
0x40 = Script
0x50 = Decorative
40 FontWeight no  
44 FontName no  
108 CursorSize no  
112 FullScreen no  
116 QuickEdit no  
120 InsertMode no  
124 WindowOriginAuto no  
128 HistoryBufferSize no  
132 NumHistoryBuffers no  
136 RemoveHistoryDuplicates no  

LNK TrackerData Tags

Index1Tag Name WritableValues / Notes
16 MachineID no  

LNK ConsoleFEData Tags

Index1Tag Name WritableValues / Notes
8 CodePage no --> Microsoft CodePage Values

LNK INI Tags

Tags found in INI-format Windows .URL files.

Tag Name WritableValues / Notes
Author no  
Comment no  
Desc no  
HotKey no  
IDList no  
IconFile no  
IconIndex no  
Modified no  
Roamed no (1 if synced across multiple devices)
ShowCommand no 1 = Normal
2 = Minimized
3 = Maximized
URL no  
WhatsNew no  
WorkingDirectory no  

(This document generated automatically by Image::ExifTool::BuildTagLookup)
Last revised Feb 19, 2026

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