Windows – What MIME type should I put for Windows shortcut file (.URL)

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If I want to have a Windows shortcut file (foo.URL) to be saved for the users, what MIME type should I assign for it?

Default text/plain causes Windows to suggest it to be saved with .txt added as default.

With googling, I've found some alternatives:

text/x-uri
application/x-desktop
application/x-mswinurl

If I've understood right, the types beginning with "x-" are unofficial?

Is there some standard (or de facto standard) mime type to use?

br,
Touko

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I ended up using application/octet-stream which seems to work fine for me (at least Windows tries to save it as .URL as such as default and not as .txt as earlier with text/plain)

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I've had success with Sysinternals Process Explorer. With this, you can search to find what process(es) have a file open, and you can use it to close the handle(s) if you want. Of course, it is safer to close the whole process. Exercise caution and judgement.

To find a specific file, use the menu option Find->Find Handle or DLL... Type in part of the path to the file. The list of processes will appear below.

If you prefer command line, Sysinternals suite includes command line tool Handle, that lists open handles.

Examples

c:\Program Files\SysinternalsSuite>handle.exe |findstr /i "e:\" (finds all files opened from drive e:\"
c:\Program Files\SysinternalsSuite>handle.exe |findstr /i "file-or-path-in-question"

Redhat – Incorrect MIME type – pulling the hair out

I finally discovered the problem. The Traq installation view file, install/views/layout.php included a doctype at the top of this file:

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en" dir="ltr">
    <head>
        <title>Traq Installation<?php echo isset($title) ? " / {$title}" :''; ?></title>

        <style type='text/css'>
            @import '/traq/install/install.css';
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    </head>
    <body>
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                <h2><?php echo isset($title) ? $title :''; ?></h2>
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    </body>
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Removing the top line <!doctype html> solved the problem. The included css files are now seen as acutal css files, and the styles finally appear.

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