How can I list file system shortcuts?

I've created some shortcuts to directories in Windows Explorer.

Is there a way to list all such file system shortcuts, say, within a given directory ? When I say "directory", I mean in the whole "tree", in other words, recursively.

Try Dir /R command.

In the highest level folder within which you have put your shortcuts, enter this in a command prompt window [not a PS window]:-
Dir *.lnk /s /b

For other Dir questions, you could see the built-in Help file by entering
dir /?
and you could save it to a text file by entering this [but use a folder path that exists on your computer for the output file]
dir /? >F:\Wherever\Whatever\Dir.txt
You'll also find useful guidance in
Dir - SS64
Dir - MSDocs


Denis

Can you create a new folder on your desktop and place all your shortcuts into that folder?

bfunke said:

Can you create a new folder on your desktop and place all your shortcuts into that folder?

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Yep . . you could do that going back to Windows 3 though you did not have a desktop but you had a GUI that you could make any shrtcut to anything and organize them by groups (like windows does for us now but with a start menu to put them in. It's a lot easier now with right click / make shortcut.

Try3 said:

In the highest level folder within which you have put your shortcuts, enter this in a command prompt window [not a PS window]:-
Dir *.lnk /s /b

For other Dir questions, you could see the built-in Help file by entering
dir /?
and you could save it to a text file by entering this [but use a folder path that exists on your computer for the output file]
dir /? >F:\Wherever\Whatever\Dir.txt
You'll also find useful guidance in
Dir - SS64
Dir - MSDocs


Denis

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This works. Thank you.

H2ONaCl said:

This works. Thank you.

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Good

Denis

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