fylipp / shortcut-swap

🔄 Swap out all shortcuts in a folder hierarchy.

shortcut-swap (Windows only)

Swap all shortcuts in any given folder hierarchy with a custom shortcut. Can be reversed.

Commands

Swap

Parameter	Description
link, l	The custom shortcut to change all .lnk-files to
verbose, v	Logs all progress
root, r	The root of the folder hierarchy at which the program should start
depth-limit, d	The maximum hierarchy depth

Revert

Parameter	Description
verbose, v	Logs all progress
root, r	The root of the folder hierarchy at which the program should start

Installation

To install you simply need to go to the Releases tab and download the newest version.

License

shortcut-swap is published under the MIT License. The license can be found in the LICENSE file.

shortcut-swap's Issues

Extract core logic

The core logic should be seperated from the CLI-related logic. This will pave the way for #5 (GUI). The logic should be contained in a seperate project in the solution.

Option to change to URL

By having an option to specify a URL instead of a command or file .url-files could be changed as well. .lnk-files could then just be start <URL>.

Add simple UI

• Create prototype without interacting with the core logic (tracked by #7)
• Extract core logic into its own library (tracked by #6)
• Implement core logic in UI app using the extracted library (tracked by #5)

Create basic GUI prototype

Create a basic prototype of the UI application, not interacting with the core logic.

• Main view
  • Swap tab
    • Root path
    • Max. depth
    • Path to link
    • Verbose output checkbox
  • Revert tab
    • Root path
    • Verbose output checkbox
• "In progress" view
  • Progress bar
  • Log viewer if verbose output is activated

Shortcut icons may not stay the same with some file extensions

When changing shortcuts that point to certain file types, the icon of the shortcut will turn blank. When reverting the icon is fixed. An example of such a file type would be a .jar file.

Add compiled executable binary as release