Robinterra / shortcuts

This is a small project to create/read/modify Windows Shortcuts. (lnk files)

C# Windows Shortcuts

This is a small project to create/read/modify Windows Shortcuts

Getting Started

Run make.bat to compile src/Shortcuts.cs to dll File. OR Include this Shortcuts.cs file in your Project. The Shortcuts.cs is in namespace System.IO.

Prerequisites

• Microsoft Windows Vista or higher
• Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 or higher

Running the tests

Run the make.bat and the Test will run.

Break down into end to end tests

Create/Read/Modify in C:\TEMP a test.lnk.

Built With

• C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\csc.exe

Example

Create new Shortcut

Shortcuts shortcut = new Shortcuts (  );
shortcut.TargetPath = @"C:\Users\N0vu2\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome SxS\Application\chrome.exe";
shortcut.Arguments = "http://wiki.versalitic.com/index.php/Hauptseite";
shortcut.Write ( @"C:\Users\N0vu2\Desktop\myshortcut.lnk" );

Modify a Shortcut

Shortcuts shortcut = new Shortcuts ( @"C:\Users\N0vu2\Desktop\myshortcut.lnk" );
shortcut.Arguments = "https://github.com";
shortcut.Write ( @"C:\Users\N0vu2\Desktop\myshortcut.lnk" );

Authors

• Robin D'Andrea - Robinterra - Robinterra