create shortcut using gdscript

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How do I create a desktop shortcut for a specific file using gdscript What I mean is that I have a program with the extension .exe and I want to create a shortcut on the desktop automatically using gdscript It is enough to give me a function that receives the path of the .exe file as input and creates a shortcut for it on the desktop

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 22 '23 at 14:56

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Godot does not have this functionality.

Since you say ".exe", I'm assuming this is for Windows.

I suggest you look up how to create a shortcut from command line (e.g. How to make a shortcut from CMD? or How do I create a shortcut via command-line in Windows?), and then use OS.execute or OS.create_process to run that.

Note: you are going to get some results about making a Symbolic link, which is not the same think as a Shortcut.

answered Jul 22 '23 at 14:56

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Thank you. This is a useful idea for executing cmd commands through Godot. It helped me – stepic Game Jul 23 '23 at 19:59

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