{"version":"2.1.232","anchor":"windows-symlink-and-shortcut-detection-in-the-filesystem-lay","canonical_anchor":"windows-symlink-and-shortcut-detection-in-the-filesystem-lay","heading":"Windows symlink and shortcut detection in the filesystem layer","tier":"internal","area":"Windows","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.232\/e\/windows-symlink-and-shortcut-detection-in-the-filesystem-lay","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.232","markdown":"### Windows symlink and shortcut detection in the filesystem layer\n\nOn Windows, Claude Code can now spot Cygwin symlinks and .lnk shortcuts when listing folders.\n\n**What**\n\nThe filesystem shim can now recognise Cygwin-style symlink files and Windows `.lnk` shortcuts by their leading bytes, plus a name pattern for `.lnk` and `.exe` pairs, when classifying directory entries on Windows.\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`!<symlink>`\n\n- Area: Windows\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 3\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5"}