Windows – Is Windows caching the URLs of internet shortcut files

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Let's say I have links for two searches on the web: "search 1" and "search 2" on Google. The URLs would then be:

https://www.google.com/#q=search1
https://www.google.com/#q=search2

I create internet shortcuts for both of them, and place them in the same folder.

Now, I want to create copies of them. I copy the first shortcut and name it 1.url; if I double-click on it, I get "search 1". I delete this copy and create a new copy of the "search 2" link. I rename it again to 1.url. I double-click, but I get "search 1" again.

What's causing this behavior? Does Windows cache the URLs of .url (internet shortcut) files?

Best Answer

Same question is here. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3329139/does-windows-cache-the-contents-of-url-internet-shortcut-files/15340839#15340839

Windows Caches your filenames in the MUICache which can be found in the registry.

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