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ShortcutBook
Give your shortcuts names and descriptions, so you can tell at a glance what each program is.
Overview
Old shortcuts can be hard to recognize from their icons alone. ShortcutBook is a Windows program that shows your program shortcuts together with a name, description, manual, web address, and note. It supports both English and Korean.
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Features
| Descriptions at a glance | Each row shows an icon, name, and description side by side. If a manual, web address, or note is set, icons appear on the right of the row. |
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| Easy adding | Drag shortcuts (.lnk), executable files, folders, or web addresses onto the window. Dropping several at once adds them all with their names. |
| Installed app picker | Use the [App] button in the add window to pick an installed program, including Microsoft Store apps. |
| Bookmark import | Import selected bookmarks from a bookmarks HTML file exported from Chrome, Edge, or Firefox. |
| Website icons | If the target is a web address, the site's icon is downloaded and shown. This can be turned off in Settings. |
| Sorting and reordering | Custom order, by name, or by name reversed. In custom order, drag the handle on the left to reorder. |
| Nested lists | Set another list (.sbook) as a target to nest lists like folders. |
| Search | Quickly find items by name and description with the search box at the top. |
| Appearance | Choose a theme (system, light, dark, gray), list size (small to extra large), and language (English, Korean). |
How to use
2. Double-click the file to open it in ShortcutBook.
3. Press [+] or drag shortcuts and executables onto the window to add items, then enter a name and description.
4. Double-click a row or press Enter to run it. Right-click for run, open file location, edit, and delete.
Fill in a manual file (or web manual address), a web address, or a note, and icons appear on the right of the row. On first run, the .sbook file association is registered for the current user only, so no administrator rights are needed. You can turn this off in Settings.
List files
| New list | Creates a .sbook file right where you are and lets you rename it. |
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| New list shortcut | Asks for a name, stores the list file in the Lists folder inside the program folder, and creates a shortcut (.lnk) that opens it where you right-clicked. You can change this shortcut's icon in its Properties in File Explorer. |
| Note | If you delete the whole program folder (bin), the Lists folder is deleted with it. |
Keyboard shortcuts and mouse
| Enter · Double-click | Run the selected item (all selected items if several are selected) |
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| F2 · Alt+Enter | Open the edit window for the selected item (F2 can be changed in Settings) |
| Del | Delete the selected item (a confirmation window appears) |
| Ctrl+N | Add a new item |
| Shift+F10 · Menu key | Open the right-click menu for the selected item |
| Ctrl+Enter in the edit window | Save and close |
| Home · End | Select the first / last item |
| Shift · Ctrl + click | Select several rows (run, delete, move to top, or drag them together). Ctrl+A selects all. |
| Ctrl+F · Ctrl+E | Go to the search box |
| Esc | Clear the search and return to the list |
| Backspace · ← · Alt+← · Mouse button 4 | Go back to the previous list (when another list was opened in the current window) |
| → · Alt+→ · Mouse button 5 | Go forward again |
| Ctrl+W | Close the current window |
| F1 | Open the help window |
| F5 | Reload the list file (after editing it outside the program). Selection and search text are kept. |
| Right-click | Run, open location, move to top, edit, delete |
| Drag the handle | Reorder items (in custom order). Drop onto the middle of another list's row to move the item to the end of that list, or between rows of another window to move it there. Scrolling the wheel while dragging scrolls the list. |
When saving, if the list file was changed outside the program, you are asked whether to overwrite it or reload it, so changes made elsewhere are not silently lost.
Program information
| Current version | v1.0.47 |
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| Requirements | Windows 10 or later (.NET 10 Desktop Runtime required) |
| Price | Free |
| Download | Coming soon |
Contact
Developer: Eastredwood (Korean name "이스트")
For questions or bug reports, see Support & Contact.