After starting with a clean install of Catalina, I also installed WinShortcutter and found that it no longer properly showed itself properly in System Preferences with the prefpane not fully expanding downward to show all of WinShortcutter’s advanced settings. I also noticed that Tech-Arrow seems to be continuing development of WinShortcutter, but I wanted to continue using Lobotomo’s free version, so that’s why I wrote this.
The issue above might have something to do with Dark Mode in Catalina, as I noticed that even after following the steps below, WinShortcutter’s prefpane doesn’t do Dark Mode like the rest of System Preferences prefpanes. This fix won’t correct that and you should maybe consider Tech-Arrows product if you need that feature.
For this fix, it helps if you have a backed copy of your old system preferences. Lobotomo’s archived forums indicate WinShortcutter’s settings are saved here:
~/Library/Preferences/com.fribi.WinShortcutter.plist
I had the fortune of grabbing a copy of the above .plist from my last back up. If you don’t have a copy, feel free to use mine. I then replaced the existing .plist with the copy from my back up. When I re-entered System Preferences, it failed to import my old WinShortcutter settings, but now the window fully expands to show the advanced settings, woohoo!
I was then able to finish configuring WinShortcutter again, which included getting the Services menu to let me copy Windows files paths for outgoing emails. Tech-Arrow’s user manual led me to configuring Services properly by going to System Preferences->Keyboard->Shortcuts and putting a check next to “Open as Windows Link” and “Copy Path to Clipboard”.
** Update 6-13-2022 **
I’m amazed that Lomotomo’s free WinShortcutter 3.5 still works under Monterey. Also note, I now disable “Copy URL to Clipboard” in Preferences->Keyboard->Shortcuts as it doesn’t really seem to provide any value.
Hi,
Same prob on Catalina, any solution on that pref panel which hide the best part ?
Are you referring to how you might activate WinShortcutter’s Service options? If so, following these instructions:
WinShortcutter Service :\. Your windows colleagues in the office typically email links in this format. Starting with Release 2.2 you can also use local directory strings in the service.
To use the service, simply select the according text and choose the Service named “Open as Windows Link” in the application menu or use the context menu. The selected string needs to be in the form \\hostname>\
Note that you will have to activate this service in the “Keyboard” System Preferences under Services. The service is named “Open as Windows Link”. There you can also define a keyboard shortcut for the service.
Figure 2: WinShortcutter Service
WinShortcutter “Copy Path/Copy URL” service and context Menu:/. If you prefer backward slashes (\), go to the System Preferences and change the default. Since Release 3.0 WinShortcutter will also make a reverse mapping of the path back to the style for windows users.
WinShortcutter adds a second and third service and context menu to the finder which copies the path/URL of one or several files to the clipboard. Select one or several files and invoke the context menu. You will have 2 new menu item named “Copy Path to Clipboard”/”Copy URL to Clipboard” which copies the path of the selected file(s) to the clipboard. The path can then later be pasted into other applications using the paste command. The copied path is a fully qualified pathname with the following syntax \\hostname>\
Copy URL will copy a string to the pasteboard which is Web URI conform. This means that you can directly paste it into a Webpage without any adaptations.
Also these service need to be activated in the system preferences.
• “Copy Path to Clipboard”
• “Copy URL to Clipboard”
Figure 3: WinShortcutter Context Menu
The thing is i receive from other people email links from a server we share.
M:\MARKETING\
When i click the link because of my mac, the link is not recognise, i just wanted to make that link work.
You’re almost there. Now you need to go to the Apple icon in the upper left hand corner of your screen, choose System Preferences->WinShortcutter, check the box for “Enable Mappings”, and then configure a mapping to reach your company’s M: drive as shown in this screenshot:
Thanks, i succeeded yesterday after few tries. Thanks a lot for your help !
dude, this helped me so much. Thanks!