Windows 10: Looking for: Dead Shortcut/Link (.LNK) Finder

Does anyone know of an app/script to:
1. scan whole folder/drive
2. find all files ending in .lnk (i.e. shortcuts)
3. if the thing that it's pointing to does not exist -> alert me / flag it / delete it / etc

I'll continue searching online, but I must not be using the right keywords or it's hard to find.

:)

 

Missing programs/files after upgrade

Given that message with your shortcuts, I'd repair your LNK file associations first. Run this link to repair your LNK associations:

LNK Association Settings

As for the DVD player, once you buy something you can install it as many times as you please, so just redownload it

here.

 

Unnecessary Date Modified update from Toolbar link usage.

I can repro this here. "Date modified" is updated. To prevent it, right-click on the shortcut and click Properties. In the General tab, enable "Read-only" attribute and click OK.

To enable "Read-only" attribute for all shortcuts in the MyToolbar folder.

SHIFT + Right-click the folder that contains the shortcuts, and click "Open command window here".

In the Command Prompt window, type:

attrib +R *.lnk

Type exit

See Also:

Modification date of link files (lnk) is updated when clicked, - Microsoft Community

Modification date of link files (lnk) is updated when clicked, and if they are in a toolbar

 

You could copy/paste this into powershell. It will make a file MissingTargets.txt on your desktop containing shortcuts where the target doesn't exist. Just need to change the drive letter D:\ in the first line. Code: $Shortcuts = Get-ChildItem -Recurse "D:\" -Include *.lnk $Shell = New-Object -ComObject WScript.Shell foreach ($Shortcut in $Shortcuts) { $Properties = @{ ShortcutName = $Shortcut.Name Path = $Shortcut.FullName ShortcutDirectory = $Shortcut.DirectoryName Target = $Shell.CreateShortcut($Shortcut).targetpath } New-Object PSObject -Property $Properties if (-not (Test-Path $Properties.Target)) {$Properties.Path>>$env:homeDrive$env:homePath\Desktop\MissingTargets.txt} }[/quote] If you wanted to delete them instead of reporting them then change the line at the end from Code: if (-not (Test-Path $Properties.Target)) {$Properties.Path>>$env:homeDrive$env:homePath\Desktop\MissingTargets.txt}[/quote] to Code: if (-not (Test-Path $Properties.Target)) {Remove-Item $Properties.Path -Force -ErrorAction 0}[/quote] Based on this code [Powershell] Get Shortcut Target : AskGreg

 

This is pretty good:
Fix Shortcuts - Scan and Fix broken shorcuts on you computer
That states Win 10 compatible. Freeware for personal use.
http://www.puransoftware.com/screens...xShortcuts.jpg



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Older tool here:
Search, Identify And Resolve Broken Shortcuts
(not tried)

(Searched for "detect scan for dead shortcuts")