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Shortcut creation (.Ink file)

Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 12:03 pm
by schmitzdp
Hello,

I have an XML file containing the information needed to find the path to a folder.

Is it possible to create a shortcut (.Ink file) to this folder in a flow and then place it on a network ?

Thank you.

Re: Shortcut creation (.Ink file)

Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 1:00 pm
by JimmyHartington
I think you need the "Execute command" and then pass infomation to a Powershell-script or something.

A quick Google search found this:
https://superuser.com/questions/392061/ ... t-from-cmd

Re: Shortcut creation (.Ink file)

Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 4:34 pm
by rhd_ole
Jimmy is correct.

We do this for a folder we want our production to have access to and not have to go to a different volume to view or to have the data in duplicate locations. Using Execute command we look to make sure the shortcut doesn't exist in it's destination, then check to make see if the folder the shortcut should be in exists or not, if it doesn't it create its it, then tell it to create the shortcut/alias

Re: Shortcut creation (.Ink file)

Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2024 1:41 pm
by schmitzdp
Thank you for your information. :)

I managed to create my shortcuts dynamically with Execute Command application, Powershell and shortcut.exe