mklnk

Make .lnk files.

Usage

mklnk [options] target.exe [link.lnk]

 target.exe   Name of target, use quotes if it contains spaces
 link.lnk     Name of link, use quotes if it contains spaces
              Default is to use the target's name

Options (defaults in parentheses):
-l | --link-name version_info  Use 'version_info' data in target.exe for the
                               link name: ProductName, FileDescription, etc.
-a | --arguments "arg1 arg2"   Command arguments if any, use quotes if needed
-c | --comment   "a comment"   Link comment, use quotes if needed (none)
-d | --directory               Startup directory for shortcut (none)
-s | --show                    Show: 1/normal, 2/maximized, 7/minimized (1)
-i | --icon      ex.ico        .ico or .dll containing icon to display
                               (default is to use icon 0 in target.exe)
-n | --icon-no   index         Integer index of icon in icon file (0)
-t | --target-directory dir    Create link in directory 'dir' (.)
-v | --version                 Show version and copyright and quit
-? | --help                    Show this help message and quit

Examples

mklnk -a "%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%" %SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe "Command Prompt"
mklnk -a "--login -i" -i C:\cygwin\cygwin.ico -s7 C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe "Bash"

mklnk -a /e,"%USERPROFILE%\Desktop" c:\windows\explorer.exe "%USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Desktop"
mklnk -a "%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\todo.txt" c:\windows\system32\notepad.exe "%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\To Do List"

rem create a link named "Windows Backup Utility.lnk":

mklnk -l FileDescription c:\windows\system32\ntbackup.exe

Verify a Release

To verify a release, download the .zip, .sha256, and .asc files for the release (replacing mklnk-1.4-win32.zip with the release you are verifying):

$ wget https://github.com/rasa/mklnk/releases/download/v1.4/mklnk-1.4-win32.zip{,.sha256,.asc}

Next, check that sha256sum reports "OK":

$ sha256sum -c mklnk-1.4-win32.zip.sha256
mklnk-1.4-win32.zip: OK

Lastly, check that GPG reports "Good signature":

$ gpg --keyserver hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-key 0x105a5225b6ab4b22
$ gpg --verify mklnk-1.4-win32.zip.asc mklnk-1.4-win32.zip
gpg:                using RSA key 0xFF914F74B4BB6EF3
gpg: Good signature from "Ross Smith II <ross@smithii.com>" [ultimate]
...

Contributing

To contribute to this project, please see CONTRIBUTING.md.

Bugs

To view existing bugs, or report a new bug, please see issues.

Changelog

To view the version history for this project, please see CHANGELOG.md.

License

This project is MIT licensed.

Contact

This project was created and is maintained by Ross Smith II

Feedback, suggestions, and enhancements are welcome.