Cannot Search for Shortcut Files (*.lnk)


  1. kathy025
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    Windows 7 Professional SP1 x64 (OEM)
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    Cannot Search for Shortcut Files (*.lnk)


    Hi guys,

    I created shortcuts to webpages and they became Internet Shortcuts with .lnk extension (supposedly).



    However, searching for *.lnk does not yield results.
    How do I search for shortcut files?
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  3. Berton
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    Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit, Windows 8.1 64-bit, Mac OS X 10.10, Linux Mint 17, Windows 10 Pro TP
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    The URLs are not regular icons/shortcuts. In the properties of the one for this page that i dragged to my desktop by clicking and dragging the small icon at the left end of the URL in the Address Bar shows "Cannot Search for Shortcut Files (.lnk) - Windows 7 Help Forums" [title of the page] instead of the name of a program such as seen for the Paint shortcut of "%windir%\system32\mspaint.exe". Dragging a URL to the Desktop is the same as dragging it to the Favorites Toolbar or Bookmarks Toolbar.
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  4. Tookeri
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    Windows 7 Pro 32
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    Search for *.url
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  6. kathy025
    Posts : 312
    Windows 7 Professional SP1 x64 (OEM)
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    Tookeri said:
    Search for *.url
    Accepted answer. Thanks!
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