Hello again,

I just had a look at some WIN98 shortcut files.
They are also in ANSI format, not 16 bit Unicode:

00000000:  4C 00 00 00-01 14 02 00-00 00 00 00-C0 00 00 00  L   ☺¶☻     └
00000010:  00 00 00 46-1B 00 00 00-00 00 00 00-00 3E EA 22     F←        >Û"
00000020:  0F 7D BD 01-00 98 32 60-C0 14 C2 01-00 3E EA 22  ☼}¢☺ ÿ2`└¶┬☺ >Û"
00000030:  0F 7D BD 01-00 D0 00 00-00 00 00 00-01 00 00 00  ☼}¢☺ ð      ☺
00000040:  00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00-61 00 14 00              a ¶
00000050:  1F 0F E0 4F-D0 20 EA 3A-69 10 A2 D8-08 00 2B 30  ▼☼ÓOð Û:i►óÏ◘ +0
00000060:  30 9D 19 00-23 43 3A 5C-00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00  0Ø↓ #C:\
00000070:  00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00-00 51 4D 17-00 31 00 00           QM↨ 1
00000080:  00 00 00 CF-2C 4C 27 10-00 57 49 4E-44 4F 57 53     ¤,L'► WINDOWS
00000090:  00 00 1B 00-32 00 00 D0-00 00 AB 24-20 98 00 00    ← 2  ð  ½$ ÿ
000000A0:  4E 4F 54 45-50 41 44 2E-45 58 45 00-00 00 00 67  NOTEPAD.EXE    g
000000B0:  00 00 00 1C-00 00 00 03-00 00 00 1C-00 00 00 32     ∟   ♥   ∟   2
000000C0:  00 00 00 36-00 00 00 53-00 00 00 16-00 00 00 03     6   S   ▬   ♥
000000D0:  00 00 00 07-0D 2B 3E 10-00 00 00 57-49 4E 39 38     •♪+>►   WIN98
000000E0:  00 43 3A 5C-00 1D 00 00-00 02 00 00-00 14 00 00   C:\ ↔   ☻   ¶
000000F0:  00 00 00 00-00 00 00 02-00 5C 5C 4D-56 39 38 5C         ☻ \\MV98\
00000100:  43 00 57 49-4E 44 4F 57-53 5C 4E 4F-54 45 50 41  C WINDOWS\NOTEPA
00000110:  44 2E 45 58-45 00 0E 00-2E 2E 5C 4E-4F 54 45 50  D.EXE ♫ ..\NOTEP
00000120:  41 44 2E 45-58 45 0A 00-43 3A 5C 57-49 4E 44 4F  AD.EXE◙ C:\WINDO
00000130:  57 53 00 00-00 00      -           -             WS