Crate lnks 

Available on Windows only.

lnks provides a high-level API for reading and writing Windows .lnk (Shell Link) files.

It wraps the COM-based Shell APIs IShellLinkW and IPersistFile, including support for reading and toggling the undocumented “Run as administrator” flag.

Examples

Load an existing shortcut

let path = Path::new(r"C:\Users\Public\Desktop\Notepad.lnk");
let shortcut = lnks::Shortcut::load(path).unwrap();

Create a new shortcut

let mut shortcut = lnks::Shortcut::new(r"C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe");
shortcut.arguments = Some(r"C:\Windows\win.ini".to_string());

let out = Path::new(r"C:\Users\Public\Desktop\Notepad.lnk");
shortcut.save(out).unwrap();

Modules

com

Module containing COM related utils.

Structs

Hotkey

Represents a Windows shortcut hotkey.

Icon

Icon resource used by a Windows shortcut.

Shortcut

Represents a Windows shortcut (.lnk) file.

ShortcutBuilder

Builder for Shortcut to support ergonomic construction.

Enums

Error

Top-level error type for this crate.

HotkeyModifier

Hotkey modifier flags of a shortcut.

VirtualKey

Represents a Win32 virtual-key code.

WindowState

Initial window display state for a launched application.

Type Aliases

HotkeyModifiers

A set of HotkeyModifiers.

Result

Result alias for this crates error type.