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Windows Server Automation with PowerShell Cookbook, Fifth Edition

You're reading from   Windows Server Automation with PowerShell Cookbook, Fifth Edition Powerful ways to automate, manage, and administrate Windows Server 2022 using PowerShell 7.2

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781804614235
Length 714 pages
Edition 5th Edition
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Thomas Lee Thomas Lee
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Preface 1. Installing and Configuring PowerShell 7 FREE CHAPTER 2. Managing PowerShell 7 in the Enterprise 3. Exploring .NET 4. Managing Active Directory 5. Managing Networking 6. Implementing Enterprise Security 7. Managing Storage 8. Managing Shared Data 9. Managing Printing 10. Exploring Windows Containers 11. Managing Hyper-V 12. Debugging and Troubleshooting Windows Server 13. Managing Windows Server with Window Management Instrumentation (WMI) 14. Managing Windows Update Services 15. Other Books You May Enjoy
16. Index

Working With Shortcuts and the PSShortCut Module

A shortcut is a file that contains a pointer to another file or URL. You can place a shell link shortcut to some executable program, such as PowerShell, on your Windows desktop. When you click the shortcut in Windows Explorer, Windows runs the target program. You can also create a shortcut to a URL.

Shell link shortcuts have the extension .LNK, while URL shortcuts have the .URL extension. Internally, a file shortcut has a binary structure that is not directly editable. For more details on the internal format, see https://learn.microsoft.com/openspecs/windows_protocols/ms-shllink/16cb4ca1-9339-4d0c-a68d-bf1d6cc0f943.

The URL shortcut is a text document that you could edit with VS Code or Notepad. For more details on the URL shortcut file format, see http://www.lyberty.com/encyc/articles/tech/dot_url_format_-_an_unofficial_guide.html.

There are no built-in commands to manage shortcuts in PowerShell 7. As you saw earlier in...

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