Need program to check all shortcuts.

[eXistenZ]

Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Version: 5.00.2195 Service Pack 4


ShortcutsMan v1.00
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/index.html
ShortcutsMan displays the details about all shortcuts that you
have on your desktop and under your start menu.
Broken shortcuts (shortcuts that point to file that
doesn't exist) are automatically painted with pink color.
You select one or more shortcuts, and then delete them,
resolve them or save the shortcut's details to HTML/Text/XML file.

This works great.
Is there something similar which will
check *all* the shortcuts on all drives/partitions ?
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eXistenZ
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[The Six Million Dollar Man]

Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Version: 5.00.2195 Service Pack 4


ShortcutsMan v1.00
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/index.html
ShortcutsMan displays the details about all shortcuts that you
have on your desktop and under your start menu.
Broken shortcuts (shortcuts that point to file that
doesn't exist) are automatically painted with pink color.
You select one or more shortcuts, and then delete them,
resolve them or save the shortcut's details to HTML/Text/XML file.

This works great.
Is there something similar which will
check *all* the shortcuts on all drives/partitions ?

A more direct URL is http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shman.html

 

[me]

A more direct URL is
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shman.html

Pros:
Very fast, configurable report (columns), can output HTML/text.
Cons:
Shows .LNK's in StartMenu and Desktop only, does not include
..PIF's, miss-identifies the "Home" key as "Ext+$"
(and misses .LNK to TweakUI :-o).

J

 

[Sietse Fliege]

Pros:
Very fast, configurable report (columns), can output HTML/text.
Cons:
Shows .LNK's in StartMenu and Desktop only, does not include
.PIF's, miss-identifies the "Home" key as "Ext+$"
(and misses .LNK to TweakUI :-o).

I don't have TweakUI installed, but I think it's a control panel applet.
A shortcut to it might at first glance look like a normal shortcut but it
isn't.
If you right-click it, you will probably find that you cannot change it's
target, that's because it is a so called shell object. The Windows API
function that lets you retrieve the properties of a normal shortcut doesn't
work then (like it also does not work for .PIF's).

If you're looking for an alternative to ShortcutsMan, beware of
Goldenfrog's Shortcutter.
See this alt.comp.freeware post:
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.comp.freeware/msg/5e000ad285e96722
"Heed the warning about Shortcutter (do NOT use with XP/2000 (NTFS)) - IIRC
it's said to do horrible things if you don't."


I wrote an AutoIt script that you might want to check out.
I compiled it (you can run the program, called ShortcutsFiler, without
having AutoIt installed).
To download the zipped ShortcutsFiler (includes also the script):

http://s27.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3SL4L7O6OL4A31YU29UQK8QNXQ

Unlike ShortcutsMan it lets you scan e.g. multiple drives.
It also shows the extension of the shortcut's target in a seperate column.
This lets you sort on extensions, which is very helpful if you want to
particularly get an overview of all those .exes that you have a shortcut to.

It is quite configurable, but it does not have a GUI.
(I am not a programmer and have not come around to playing with those parts
of AutoIt that are about GUI's).

 

[Vrodok the Troll]

[snip]

I don't have TweakUI installed, but I think it's a control panel applet.
A shortcut to it might at first glance look like a normal shortcut but it
isn't.
If you right-click it, you will probably find that you cannot change it's
target, that's because it is a so called shell object. The Windows API
function that lets you retrieve the properties of a normal shortcut doesn't
work then (like it also does not work for .PIF's).

[snip]

A recent post (within the previous 5 minutes from this posting) in
'alt.binaries.freeware' may prove to be of some usefulness.

 

[Sietse Fliege]

I wrote an AutoIt script that you might want to check out.
I compiled it (you can run the program, called ShortcutsFiler, without
having AutoIt installed).
To download the zipped ShortcutsFiler (includes also the script):

I only now noticed that I forgot to include a HTML file with info on
how to actually use the program.

The zip file, now with the HTML file included:

http://s27.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=10YV0I3GHTGF01PJBD695CBRXF

 

[me]

If you're looking for an alternative to ShortcutsMan,
beware of Goldenfrog's Shortcutter.
See this alt.comp.freeware post:
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.comp.freeware/msg/5e000ad
285e96722 "Heed the warning about Shortcutter (do NOT use
with XP/2000 (NTFS)) - IIRC it's said to do horrible things
if you don't."


I wrote an AutoIt script that you might want to check out.
I compiled it (you can run the program, called
ShortcutsFiler, without having AutoIt installed).
To download the zipped ShortcutsFiler (includes also the
script):

http://s27.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3SL4L7O6OL4A31YU29UQK8QNX
Q

Unlike ShortcutsMan it lets you scan e.g. multiple drives.
It also shows the extension of the shortcut's target in a
seperate column. This lets you sort on extensions, which is
very helpful if you want to particularly get an overview of
all those .exes that you have a shortcut to.

It is quite configurable, but it does not have a GUI.
(I am not a programmer and have not come around to playing
with those parts of AutoIt that are about GUI's).

Hey, thanks! I'll give it a try.

Some util's don't need GUI window dressing.

J

 

[Doc]

Is there something similar which will
check *all* the shortcuts on all drives/partitions ?
________

I use EmpTemp. The check broken shortcuts tab will search all your hard
drives and find the broken shortcuts. Works with *.lnk only, not *.pif or
control panel applets, which use calls to the windows system rather than
execute a program.

http://www.danish-shareware.dk/soft/emptemp/index.html

 

[Jack Purvis]

I've used this for years. Made for Win95 but works OK in XP Pro

********************************************************8

HOTKEY DETECTIVE (VERSION 1.00)
Copyright (c) 1995 Ziff Davis Publishing Company
----------------------------------------------------------------------
HOTKEY DETECTIVE by Gregory A. Wolking First Published June 11, 1996
----------------------------------------------------------------------

ABOUT HOTKEY DETECTIVE
Purpose Windows 95 has support for hotkeys,
but it's quirky at best, buggy at worst, and poorly documented.
Hotkey Detective lists the hotkeys in use on your system, along with
their associated shortcuts, and launches Explorer if you want to make
changes. Thus it provides a mechanism for discovering and eliminating
duplicate hotkeys, which can create problems on your system.

USAGE
To install Hotkey Detective, simply copy it to your hard disk
and create a shortcut for it. It does not have to be in your DOS PATH.
When you run Hotkey Detective, it scans your Start Menu and Desktop
folders and finds the hotkey assignments that Explorer stores in your
..LNK and .PIF files. It presents a sorted list of all the hotkeys
in use. Because the list is sorted by hotkey name, any items with
duplicate assignments will be grouped together. If there are dupli-
cates, Hotkey Detective displays a warning message beside the list
and automatically selects the first duplicated key name.

When you select a key name in the list, the full path to the
corresponding shortcut appears in the Shortcut Filename box at the
bottom of the window. If the filename is too long for the text field,
you can resize the dialog and the controls will rearrange themselves
appropriately. The Print Key List button lets you print your hotkeys
and their associated shortcuts.

To change an assignment, you can either double-click on a key name or
select a key name and either click the Locate with Explorer button or
press Enter. Hotkey Detective will launch Explorer in dual-pane view,
with the shortcut selected in the right-hand pane and the appropriate
segment of the folder tree opened in the left-hand pane.

The Refresh Key List button tells the program to rescan your system
immediately. The Automatic Refresh check box lets you disable this
feature if it bogs your system down. The check box setting is saved
automatically when you exit the program.

Explorer is unreliable at updating its internal hotkey table. As a
result, you can end up with "ghosted" hotkeys that continue to launch
items even after you have removed their assignments, along with keys
that continue to launch the wrong items after you have eliminated
duplicate settings. To correct this, shut down your system and reboot.

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The authors of current utilities generally visit this forum daily.
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sysops
can't answer your question, the Utilities column editor, who also
checks
this forum each day, will contact the author for you.

 

[charles]

Is there something similar which will
check *all* the shortcuts on all drives/partitions ?
_

The best orphans remover I've found is at -

<http://www.digiarch.org/other.html#orphansremover>

Very configurable and thorough.

 

[eXistenZ]

Thanks!
I had EmpTemp installed but never fully explored it's capabilities.
I'll try this feature.
________

eXistenZ
________

 

[Pelo]

I've used this for years. Made for Win95 but works OK in XP Pro

********************************************************8

HOTKEY DETECTIVE (VERSION 1.00)
Copyright (c) 1995 Ziff Davis Publishing Company

http://www.jfwlite.com/hotkeyd.zip