@altikaka:Interesting Q.
I don't know of any way of
creating a desktop shortcut (in Win10) to the shortcut wizard (which can be accessed by a
right click > New > Shortcut), but it should also be in the explorer
shell Send to menu - via
right click any file/folder > Send to > Desktop (create shortcut)The file that is sent
to is in the
Send to folder, and is named:
Desktop (create shortcut).DeskLink - but the file extension is apparently forcibly hidden via a Registry entry. It seems to be a special kind of Windows/explorer control file link.
If that file is missing from that folder, then this post may help - it suggests how to recreate the file in Windows XP and Vista (seems to work in Win10):
How to Restore Missing “Desktop (create shortcut)” Item in Send To Menu in Windows?Also, in Win10, if you do a search using (say)
Everything, for filename
Desktop (create shortcut).DeskLink, then you will probably turn up several hits on the
C: disk, and you can just copy one of them to the
Send to folder if it was missing from there.
I don't know how to
create that as a
fully-functioning shortcut/link
in any folder elsewhere though. I mean, I created it elsewhere, but it doesn't function, nor does any shortcut made to it.
I suspect it
may be a special Junction point (or similar link) to something. Can't find it in the GodMode folder. Haven't yet found a clue in any searches of forums, but I reckon it's likely to have been documented somewhere.
Curious. Someone else on this forum may know more about it.
Note: This DCF post may be of relevance/interest/use:
DONE: Create Shortcut on the Destop (hopefully not as stupid as it sounds)
