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Given the choice between interop / wsh or reverse engineering the file format i would choose the latter. I think it is a pretty safe bet they won't change the format anytime soon.
– chrisortman
Commented Apr 6, 2011 at 13:29
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Anuraj: You are cheating - this does not create a LNK but a URL file.
– Helge Klein
Commented Aug 26, 2011 at 11:46
@HelgeKlein Its OK if you Registered your Application to use a URI Scheme
– Jeremy Thompson
Commented Jan 7, 2014 at 4:20
This is so simple. I don't care that it is a .url file instead of a .lnk assuming it ends up doing the same thing. Why wouldn't I use the simplest solution? I tested it for my purposes and it seems to work just fine. I find the only line that is really needed is "URL=" for my purposes.
– Frank T. Clark
Commented Jun 3, 2015 at 20:57
Not working on Windows 10 x64:"The target "" of this Internet Shortcut is not valid ..." . I created internet link to a web resource and changed it to my exe path in Properties->Web Document->Url - it launche the app. Also, i've checked the format of windows created internet link and it is different (e.g. has some GUID field). Thus, this is not a valid format. P.S. It is better to use Uri and Uri.AbsoluteUri rather than strings in this case.
– aderesh
Commented Dec 16, 2016 at 20:02

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