Will Dormann on Nostr: Note that with variant 2 ("Target File DOS Name" ends with a '.'), it's worth noting ...

Note that with variant 2 ("Target File DOS Name" ends with a '.'), it's worth noting that there's nothing special about the '.' character. It can be just about anything. It could be a space, or a newline, or probably a wide number of characters.

But to fall victim to this requires double-clicking on the LNK file twice. The first time Windows will normalize the path and strip the MotW. The second time will invoke the target.