WinShortcutter

Name: WinShortcutter
Availability: InStock
Author: TECH-ARROW

WinShortcutter lets you open Windows shortcuts on your Mac, with a Safari extension for opening file links from websites. It suits you if your work involves Windows-created shortcuts.

by TECH-ARROW

Get it on the Mac App Store Developer website ↗

Helps you Access files faster 28

What you get

Open Windows shortcuts and website file links on your Mac.

WinShortcutter gives you a way to open Microsoft Windows shortcut files (.lnk) on your Mac. If you encounter these shortcuts in your work, you can use them to reach the files they point to rather than treating them as unusable Windows-only items.

With its Safari extension, you can also open files through links on websites. The extension adapts links that use the file:// protocol so that clicking one sends the opening request to WinShortcutter. You get a route from the link on the page to the app that handles it.

For this browser functionality, you need WinShortcutter version 5.0 or later installed on your Mac; the Safari extension does not replace the main app.

Use Windows shortcuts

You can open `.lnk` files on your Mac to reach the files they reference.
Open files from Safari

You can click website links using `file://` and have WinShortcutter handle the file opening.
Keep using existing links

You can follow Windows shortcuts and supported website file links instead of locating their targets manually.

Best for

You regularly encounter Windows `.lnk` files on your Mac
You use Safari websites that link to files through `file://`

Skip it if

You do not need it if you never encounter Windows shortcuts or website links that use `file://`.

Screenshots

From the developer

TECH-ARROW's WinShortcutter is a product which allows opening Microsoft Windows shortcuts (.lnk files) on MAC OS. This Safari add-on extends this functionality by modifying the file links (using the file:// protocol) found on a website to point to WinShortcutters special protocol handler.

Read the full description