I've noticed that Windows seems to be capable of creating multiple different types of shortcuts. At the moment, I'm trying to understand a Folder shortcut that exists in my profile's Network Shortcuts folder. In Windows Explorer it shows up as a folder with the shortcut overlay, the Type listed is "File folder" and double-clicking it takes me to a network location. Viewing it in powershell shows that it's a folder and inside of it is a "target.lnk" file.
Also, I often find that the Properties window of other shortcuts will be missing the "Target" field. I think these might be Windows Installer shortcuts. Excluding Junctions and Symbolic Links, are there any other types of shortcuts out there? Better yet, is there any documentation I can look at that lists them all?
*edit: more info below about the shortcut type that I'm primarily concerned with.
Explorer sees a folder (BShacklett) as a shortcut. Powershell sees the following:
Directory: C:\Users\bshacklett\AppData\Roaming\microsoft\windows\Network
Shortcuts\BShacklett
Mode LastWriteTime Length Name
---- ------------- ------ ----
---hs 2012-06-11 10:50 75 desktop.ini
-a--- 2012-06-11 10:50 1450 target.lnk
PS C:\Users\bshacklett\AppData\Roaming\microsoft\windows\Network Shortcuts> cat .\BShacklett\desktop.ini
[.ShellClassInfo]
CLSID2={0AFACED1-E828-11D1-9187-B532F1E9575D}
Flags=2