Can AHK detect the target of a windows shortcut?

[Murica]

I am using parse to go through directories. I tried this:

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fileread,lines,C:\Users\MURICA\foo.lnk
msgbox,%lines%

🡡 this returned "L" for me.

[mikeyww]

Retrieves information about a shortcut (.lnk) file, such as its target file.
Source: FileGetShortcut - Syntax & Usage | AutoHotkey v1

[gregster]

Iirc, a lnk-file contains binary data.

[Murica]

MikeyW rocks