Creating Shortcuts on Desktop

jjo5555 · Post by **jjo5555** » 15 Dec 2007 23:13

Neither of the two methods I use to create a shortcut on the desktop work from XYplorer:

1. Right drag from the window to the desktop and select "create shortcut here" - that menu item does not exist when draging from XYplorer.

2. Using the clipboard: "copy" the file in XYplorer either using Ctrl-C or right clicking. Then right click on the desktop and select "Paste Shortcut" - that menu item does exist but is greyed out.

jjo5555 · Post by **jjo5555** » 15 Dec 2007 23:13

using Vista by the way

Post by **admin** » 16 Dec 2007 09:49

Yep (same in XP, by the way).

1. Never was able to solve this. Big mystery.

2. Good point. Currently not able to solve this. But will try again.

PS: I have an item in my SendTo submenu that will create a shortcut to the selected item on the Desktop! Don't you?

jjo5555 · Post by **jjo5555** » 16 Dec 2007 09:52

Thanks

Jason

Linkaday · Post by **Linkaday** » 16 Dec 2007 16:46

Nir Sofer's NirExt (nirsoft.net) gives you three special context menu extensions, that work great out of XY too. One is Create Shortcut+. Lets you choose from

Desktop
Start Menu
Start Menu->Programs
Desktop (For All Users)
Start Menu (For All Users)
Start Menu->Programs (For All Users)

+ all options you're used to from shortcut properties!

There is a Advanced run and a Folder properties extension in the very small package freeware