How can I test programmatically if a path/file is a shortcut?

Question

I need to test if a file is a shortcut. I\'m still trying to figure out how stuff will be set up, but I might only have it\'s path, I might only have the actual contents of

Answer 1

You can simply check the extension and/or contents of this file. It contains a special GUID in the header.

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