<p dir="auto">Atom should support following the shortcuts/"shell links" Windows uses.<br>
Currently when dragging a file to Atom, or when selecting a shortcut in the tree view, the binary file is opened directly. (<a href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd891294.aspx" rel="nofollow">format <img src="https://camo.githubusercontent.com/36382830e9af82cbef959975adf6b6485f1af991938b7d52d84d830bbbff1fd8/687474703a2f2f626974732e77696b696d656469612e6f72672f7374617469632d312e3235776d6631372f736b696e732f566563746f722f696d616765732f65787465726e616c2d6c696e6b2d6c74722d69636f6e2e706e673f323031352d30322d31315431393a33353a30305a" alt="msdn" data-canonical-src="http://bits.wikimedia.org/static-1.25wmf17/skins/Vector/images/external-link-ltr-icon.png?2015-02-11T19:35:00Z" style="max-width: 100%;"></a>)</p>
<p dir="auto">Currently, dragging a shortcut to a folder in Atom (on Windows) opens the <code class="notranslate">.lnk</code> file itself rather than the target of the shortcut; the latter behavior would make more sense. I keep a bunch of shortcuts to project folders on my Desktop and it would be nice to be able to drag the shortcuts directly into Atom and have the project itself be opened (rather than the <code class="notranslate">.lnk</code>)</p>