Image::...ol::LNK(3)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to Image::...ol::LNK(3) — that's the manual name, it's giving "User Contributed Perl Documentation" energy 💅 and it's literally just one tiny module doing one very specific little job:

Image::ExifTool::LNK — Read MS Shell Link (.LNK) meta information 🎀

that's it. that's the whole vibe. no cap.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

This module is used by Image::ExifTool. that's the tea 🍓 she doesn't fly solo, she's a supporting character in the ExifTool cinematic universe, and honestly? iconic.

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

This module contains definitions required by Image::ExifTool to extract meta information MS Shell Link (Windows shortcut) files. 🫶

so like — you know how Windows shortcuts are these sneaky little .LNK files that look innocent but are secretly full of metadata? yeah. this module is the thing that holds the definitions so ExifTool can pull all that info out. definitions only, she's not doing the heavy lifting herself, she's supplying the lore ✨

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

Copyright 2003-2026, Phil Harvey (philharvey66 at gmail.com)

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

(real ones know Phil. absolute legend. we stan. 💜)

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🔥 REFERENCES 🔥

• <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd871305(PROT.10).aspx>
• <http://www.i2s-lab.com/Papers/The_Windows_Shortcut_File_Format.pdf>
• <https://harfanglab.io/insidethelab/sadfuture-xdspy-latest-evolution/#tid_specifications_ignored>

if you're the type who actually reads the source material (main character behavior, honestly), these are your girlies. go read them. 🌈

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💖 SEE ALSO 💖

• "LNK Tags" in Image::ExifTool::TagNames
• Image::ExifTool(3pm)

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go look at the tag list first, it'll make everything make sense, fr fr 🙈

and that's the whole page bestie!! short, sweet, and lowkey perfect 🌸 this was Image::...ol::LNK(3), perl v5.42.1, dated 2026-03-31 — periodt. 💅✨🎀