[SC] How to create .lnk shortcut?

[binocular222]

How to create .lnk shortcut to a file via scripting?

[SkyFrontier]

Never managed to set file properties to a fresh file, someone out there may have a best method than this:

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   $a = get(selecteditemspathnames);

   foreach ($tk, $a, "<crlf>") {

   selectitems "$tk";
   #168; #803;
                               }

   selectitems "$a";

//File / File Special / Create Shortcut(s): #168; Move to Other Pane: #803

[Quaraxkad]

NirCmd can create shortcuts, and is an indispensable tool for heavy command line users. Not exactly sure what the syntax would be in an XY script, something like: open "nircmd shortcut ""$target"" ""$folderforlnkfile"" ""$lnkfilename""";

[PeterH]

What about #168?
[File / File Special / Create Shortcut(s)]

[binocular222]

Oh, yes, nircmd, just forgot that Swiss knife.
@PetherH: #168 only create shortcut for <selitems>, while for scripting, I mean items from various locations

[bdeshi]

With vbs: http://ss64.com/vb/shortcut.html
You can do ^ that ^ without creating a new vbs file for each shortcut, by passing shortcut parameters as commandline arguments to the vbs.

[binocular222]

Yeah, many workarounds, but it's still better if XY Scripting support this "fairly basic" operation

[bdeshi]

*nod* +1.

[SkyFrontier]

+1
For the time being Paper Folders makes easy to deal with multi-sources, but that's far from script-nirvana.