Working with shortcuts and the PSShortCut module
A shortcut is a file which 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 which is not directly editable. For more details on the internal format, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecs/windows_protocols/ms-shllink/.
The URL shortcut is a text document which 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 this book, you can make use of older COM objects...
