Hi All,
Wondering if anyone has encountered these before. I have identified a number of LNK files named "Drag-to-Disc Drive (D).lnk" in the "SendTo" folder of a Windows Vista machine I'm working with. As I understand it, Drag-To-Disc is a feature of the Roxio burning suite and would allow you to right click a file –> send to –> start burning a disc. I do not have any experience with this particular burning utility.
There is only one active lnk file with this name and 5 others in the same path that were previously existing (as identified by X-Ways). All of the files contain the same Created and Accessed dates but different Modified dates. My assumption is that the LNK file is updated each time the "Drag-to-disc" shortcut is accessed in the "Send To" menu.
Does anyone have any experience with this particular scenario? Does my understanding sound accurate, similar to how other LNK files behave? Unfortunately the link files themselves do not contain a reference to which files were burned.
Thanks in advance for any input.
My assumption is that the LNK file is updated each time the "Drag-to-disc" shortcut is accessed in the "Send To" menu.
While I'm not saying that this _isn't_ the case, I am curious as to what led you to this assumption. This isn't, to the best of my knowledge, how this happens with other "Send To" shortcuts. Also, it seems very resource intensive.
Is it possible that the other files you found are in VSCs?
Does anyone have any experience with this particular scenario? Does my understanding sound accurate, similar to how other LNK files behave? Unfortunately the link files themselves do not contain a reference to which files were burned.
If you do not have a Vista system that you can test this on, something that might be helpful is to develop a comprehensive timeline of system activity and see what was happening on the system around that time.
This is just a thought, but your finding of "5 others in the same path that were previously existing" is a bit odd, as it's stated. Are you saying that the LNK file was deleted, or are you referring to previous versions available via VSCs?
By previously existing files I mean basic deleted files where the folder location and metadata is still recoverable. They once existed in this location but no longer do (sans the one active file). They were not carved or restored from a vsc.