Keyboard shortcut to paste Windows shortcuts

Hi,
Everyday, I need to generate dozens of Windows shortcuts as it's an essential feature to me. My problem is that no keyboard shortcut currently exists, so the quickest way to paste Windows shortcuts remains the right-click context menu. It's kind of a waste of time if you're a keyboard-focused user like me.

In other words, I want to copy a item with CTRL+C then paste its shortcut with another keyboard shortcut (for instance CTRL+B).

Is there any workaround?

Does someone have an easy script to execute in some automation application please?

Thanks in advance!

Hello,

Depending on your needs, you could create shortcuts of items you want to open on your desktop, taskbar, and/or Start menu, and assign a separate custom keyboard shortcut to each shortcut using an option in the tutorial below. You can use these keyboard shortcuts to open the shortcuts.

Assign Keyboard Shortcut to Shortcuts in Windows 10

I'm not familiar with how to actually do this, but it sounds like you are trying to map a CTRL-key sequence to do:

shell:sendto combined with the Desktop Shortcut parameters found here.



This would be equivalent to a right-click>Send To>Desktop Shortcut in the context menu.

Maybe this would work, but I don't know the way to create that. Somebody does, if it's possible. Maybe AutoHotKey app or something.

Shenmue is life said:

Hi,
Everyday, I need to generate dozens of Windows shortcuts as it's an essential feature to me. My problem is that no keyboard shortcut currently exists, so the quickest way to paste Windows shortcuts remains the right-click context menu. It's kind of a waste of time if you're a keyboard-focused user like me.

In other words, I want to copy a item with CTRL+C then paste its shortcut with another keyboard shortcut (for instance CTRL+B).

Is there any workaround?

Does someone have an easy script to execute in some automation application please?

Thanks in advance!

done.

select 1 or many (no limit?) and press ctrl+c
use explorer (MUST) and go to directory you want links to appear, hit ctrl+b

depending on what you are making shortcuts for, things like working directory and other parameters can potentially not work properly, if this is the case, the script will need more work and yeah... tested on python scripts, works fine


LINK = ahkbin!
VIDEO = Imgur
btw.. you must compile this or get ahk and run it, not going to do everything for you.. you are lucky it's commented =()

hAirypAulsAck said:

select 1 or many (no limit?) and press ctrl+c
use explorer (MUST) and go to directory you want links to appear, hit ctrl+b

depending on what you are making shortcuts for, things like working directory and other parameters can potentially not work properly, if this is the case, the script will need more work and yeah... tested on python scripts, works fine


LINK = ahkbin!
VIDEO = Imgur
btw.. you must compile this or get ahk and run it, not going to do everything for you.. you are lucky it's commented =()

Thank you for your time!!!

Unfortunately, I'm struggling to get it right.

Shenmue is life said:

Thank you for your time!!!

Unfortunately, I'm struggling to get it right.

To start, try commenting out #warn, make it ;#warn

When does the error occur? When starting the script or pressing one of the hotkeys?

What is your system local?

Are you AHK 32 or 64, ascii or unicode mode? If you get scite4ahk you can test out all 4 with this.

You downloaded AHK 1.x correct? Not 2.x?


Also, I assume you are using windows 10? You're not trying to paste to your desktop are you? If you do, visit the desktop in explorer, or %USERPROFILE%\Desktop or $env:USERPROFILE\Desktop to be specific.

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