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how to run application which has .lnk extension with .bat script

how to run application which has .lnk extension with .bat script? (I have an application and short of that is .lnk extension and want to run it using .bat)

error is that its not running

Solution

  • A file with .lnk extension is just a shortcut to a file.

    To launch the executable that the shortcut targets to, just write the shortcut filename in the same way as you will do to run a executable file, as follows:

    @Echo OFF
"C:\path to your shortcut.lnk"
Exit

    Or also:

    @Echo OFF
Start /Wait "" "C:\path to your shortcut.lnk"
Exit