Automatic/Custom Destinations & LNK (ShellLNK) Browser

==> Latest version <==

Dependencies:

• Operating system: Microsoft Windows 10+ 64 Bit
• .NET Framework 4.8
• Powershell Version: 5.1

Supports:

• Link: (.lnk) shortcut files
• Frequent Places Lists: '.customDestinations-ms' and '.automaticDestinations-ms' files
• Raw image files: '.001', '.raw','.dd', '.img', '.ima' via the 'Open File' dialog - (carves and shows .lnk files and their offsets)
• Current User (HKCU) keys which contain Shellink items:
  • 'Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU'
  • 'Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU'
  • 'Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RecentDocs'
  • 'Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ComDlg32':
    • 'OpenSavePidlMRU'
    • 'LastVisitedPidlMRU'
    • 'LastVisitedPidlMRULegacy'
  • 'Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\TWinUI\FilePicker\LastVisitedPidlMRU'
  • 'Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams'
  • 'Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StreamMRU'
  • 'Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\WordWheelQuery'
  • 'Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search'
    • 'JumplistData' &
    • 'RecentApps'
  • 'Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Taskband':
    • Favorites'
    • 'FavoritesResolve'
  • 'Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StartPage2':
    • 'Favorites'
    • 'FavoritesResolve'
    • 'ProgramsCache'
    • 'ProgramsCacheSMP'
    • 'ProgramsCacheTBP'
  • 'Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Lock Screen' (Lock screen background image(s))

Features:

• Shows the 64-bit file size (when a target file size is greater than 4Gb (0xFFFFFFFF))
  (DWORD nFileSizeHigh + DWORD nFileSizeLow)
• Shows Reparse Point Tags & their description
• Shows customDestinations 'CustomCategory' titles
• Shows Pin Entry (item order) number of pinned items in automaticDestinations-ms
• Shows Quick Access position (item order) in automaticDestinations-ms
• Supports the 'DestListPropertyStore' stream in automaticDestinations-ms
• Supports PropertyStore extensions in automaticDestinations-ms 'DestList' stream entries
• Shows Serialized Property descriptions for most FormatID/PropertyID combinations
• Shows the Application name for known CRC64 hashes in Destinations-ms files
• Resolves CLSIDs, SIDs, File Attribute & SFGAO flags, Stock Icon IDs, MAC address/manufacturer etc
• Single executable (x64) => can be used with Arsenal Image Mounter & Virtual machines
• Can export to .JSON

Sample screenshots:

In 'automaticDestinations-ms' files, with the exception of Windows Control Panel, Windows Explorer and Quick Access, entries usually include a 'Hint' on which Application they are related to. These 'hints' are seen in the last IDlist entry (type [32] (File)):

either indirectly:
MPC-HC (Media Player Classic - Home Cinema):

MS Excel:

Edge Browser:

(the "AppXd4nrz8ff68srnhf9t5a8sbjyar1cr723" type entries can be looked up in:
'HKLM::Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppModel\PackageRepository\Extensions\ProgIDs')

or Directly:
Windows Wordpad:

Modern CSV:

Maël Hörz's HxD Hex Editor

References:

• Shell Link (.LNK) Binary File Format
  The most important component of a link target namespace is a link target in the form of an item ID list (IDList)
• Serialized Property Store
• Shell Namespace
• Windows Data Types
• LnkSearchMachine
  FileLocation: A VolumeID with an appended ObjectID, which together represent the location of a file at some point in time, though the file might no longer be there. FileLocation values are stored in droid (CDomainRelativeObjId) data structures.

• Note: Uses the following Libraries:
  • ShellLink .NET Class Library and
  • PropertyStore .NET Class Library