npm install win-lnk-parser

win-lnk-parser

Simple package to read some metadata info from .lnk files (windows shortcuts) with support for special characters

Pre-requisites

This package only works on Windows and you must have the following apps:
``



$ chcp /?

$ cscript /?





Usage

sh

$ npm i --save win-lnk-parser

 js

const lnkParser = require('win-lnk-parser')

const fullPath = "c:\\...\\...\\example.lnk"

const go = async () => {

    const {

        targetPath

        windowStyle

        hotKey

        iconLocation

        description

        workingDirectory

    } = await lnkParser(fullPath, [codePage=850])

}

``
- fullPath - absolute path to .lnk file
- codePage - defaults to 850 (see here for more information)

Author

José Varela (joselcvarela//at//gmail.com)