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Re: .info ... was it so much a good idea?
« on: July 26, 2010, 06:36:56 PM »
Quote from: Belial6;572180
Absolutly.

.info files do exist in Windows.  They are shortcut (.lnk) files.


.info is not synonymous with .lnk.  In fact, .info has more in common with .pif than .lnk.  .lnk are pointers to files in other locations.

Program Information File - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.pif

Computer shortcut - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.lnk

BTW, there is no .info entry for Amiga's icon files.