Mega-ZBlog » shortcut http://www.mzzt.net You are here. Sat, 07 Jan 2012 23:53:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Creating Linux .desktop shortcuts to Windows apps with the app icon intact. http://www.mzzt.net/2010/07/24/creating-linux-desktop-shortcuts-to-windows-apps-with-the-app-icon-intact/ http://www.mzzt.net/2010/07/24/creating-linux-desktop-shortcuts-to-windows-apps-with-the-app-icon-intact/#comments Sun, 25 Jul 2010 01:16:13 +0000 Dan Bugglin http://www.mzzt.net/2010/07/24/creating-linux-desktop-shortcuts-to-windows-apps-with-the-app-icon-intact/ Spent a good chunk of time figuring out Wine no longer has this baked in, but I figured if I could just find a Windows app that accesses the shortcut API I could get it to work.

This command line app fits the bill perfectly.  You might have to direct the shortcut to your desktop (“C:\\Users\\<linux user name>\\Desktop\\shortcutname.lnk”), not sure if Wine will create the .desktop file otherwise.  When it’s done you’ll have to delete the .lnk but your .desktop file, icon-ready, will be there!

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