Make your work comfortable in a Windows dominant office
What is TECH-ARROW’s WinShortcutter?
TECH-ARROW’s WinShortcutter is a collection of small and useful utilities that are primarily focused at people working in a Windows dominant office environment with a weak Mac support.
Features
Open MS Windows shortcuts (.LNK files). You can open shortcuts created MS Windows just as any other file!
View thumbnails for shortcuts in the Finder.
New Browser Extensions will open links to local or shared (“file://”) files via TECH-ARROW’s WinShortcutter’s Windows Link function directly by clicking on the link in your browser.
Works with El Capitan and also older MAC OS.
Quicklook support: Quicklook will show, where the shortcut points to.
Enhanced Mapping of shares with arbitrary path.
Copy filename paths or URL: this service enables the user to copy a path or a URL into the clipboard.
Path copy can also produce Paths with backslashes (\) for Windows. You can share such path with Windows users.
Support for CIFS
An alias can be generated with a simple double-click action, there is no need for activating this feature in the System Preferences.
Benefits
Transparent opening of MS Windows shortcuts (.LNK files) on you MAC!
Ensures easy access to local or shared files;
Saves times by enabling to copy the string directly into a Webpage without any adaptations (WEB URI confirm);
You can view the location where the shortcut points to;
Possibility to select the way a drive is mounted if needed (smb, cifs, asp);
Use Apple Alias to open the document directly without using the TECH-ARROW’s WinShortcutter application.
Configurable support for DFS.
Add the Windows drive mappings that are used in your office, so that you can also use text shortcuts in emails, that use the drive letters.