golnk

Weaponize Windows Shortcut files (.LNK) without a Windows OS

Install 📡

go install github.com/edoardottt/golnk@latest

Get Started 🎉

Usage:
 golnk -l shortcut_target [-n description] [-w working_dir] [-a cmd_args] [-i icon_path] -o my_file.lnk [-p]

Options:
 -l, --lnk-target               Specifies the shortcut target
 -o, --output-file              Saves the shortcut to a file
 -n, --name                     Specifies a description for the shortcut
 -w, --working-dir              Specifies the working directory for the command
 -a, --arguments                Specifies the arguments for the command
 -i, --icon                     Specifies the icon path
 -p, --printer-link             Generates a network printer shortcut

Usage 💡

Create a basic shortcut to an application.
This creates a simple shortcut pointing directly to Windows Command Prompt.

golnk -l "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" -o cmd.lnk

Create a shortcut with arguments, a description and an icon.
This passes flags to the executable, adds a hover description and links a custom icon file.

golnk -l "C:\Program Files\App\app.exe" -a "--verbose --debug" -n "Launch App in Debug Mode" -i "C:\Icons\app.ico" -o debug_app.lnk

Create a shortcut to a network folder share.
This points the shortcut to a shared folder hosted on a remote server or IP address.

golnk -l "\\192.168.1.5\share" -o network_share.lnk

Create a shortcut specifically for a network printer.
By adding the -p flag, the shortcut is generated using Windows network printer properties.

golnk -l "\\office-server\Printer-HQ" -p -o office_printer.lnk

Create a shortcut with a custom working (startup) directory.
This tells Windows to change to a specific directory (like your project folder) before launching the target command.

golnk -l "C:\Python3\python.exe" -a "script.py" -w "D:\Projects\PythonSrc" -o run_script.lnk

Changelog 📌

Detailed changes for each release are documented in the release notes.

Contributing 🛠️

Just open an issue / pull request.

Before opening a pull request, download golangci-lint and run

golangci-lint run

If there aren't errors, go ahead :)

License 📝

This repository is under MIT License.
edoardottt.com to contact me.