[HLUG] win10 shortcuts clickable in ubuntu?

[Julian Robbins]

Hi George

Sorry to take such a while to respond. As far as I see it I don't think
there is an easy way to do this as the filing systems are so different
between Linux and Windows.

The only way you could perhaps think about, is with linux tools on Windows,
ie the latest version of Windows 10 includes Linux bash and cmd line in the
Windows 'Anniversary Edition' (although havent tried this myself).

That way you can at least see your windows shortcuts as linux files, so you
may be able to do something here. Job for scripting I would think but not
easy. A lot more googling might turn up something.

Julian

On 26 November 2016 at 14:34, George DiceGeorge via Herefordshire <
herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:

> I'm thinking of moving from windows 10 to ubuntu, where should i go to
> for advice? One problem is I have a data d: drive with decades of files
> and shortcuts, is there a file manager or extension in ubuntu that would
> make my old windows shortcuts clickable?
> [g]
> (I already have a ubuntustudio partition on my main PC, but only use it
> 1% of the time. I use Ubuntu on other PCs)
> posted to HLUG facebook at:
> https://www.facebook.com/groups/HfdLUG/permalink/1242711725787879/
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