/quicklinks-taskbar-cpp

Create Quick Links in Taskbar for windows 11, you can define your links in config.json, using cppwinrt/jumplist

Primary LanguageC++GNU General Public License v3.0GPL-3.0

quicklinks-taskbar-cpp

Create Quick Links/Shortcuts in Taskbar for windows 11, you can define your links/shortcut in config.json, cpp coding with cppwinrt/wil/IUIAutomation/jumplist

Compile

open directory & cmake configure & cmake build, using vs code with cmake plugin and VS Build Tools 2022 installed.

you should use cmake of MS VS Build Tools 2022, it is normally at

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\CMake\CMake\bin\cmake.exe"

Compile as following

cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake -S. -Bbuilds/vs-multi-vcpkg -G "Ninja Multi-Config"

cmake.exe --build builds/vs-multi-vcpkg --config Debug --target quicklinks

Usage

  • Run Quicklinks.exe (with config.json in same directory)
  • Pin Quicklinks.exe in taskbar
  • Right/or left click the icon in taskbar, or WIN+<number>

Screen

screen

License

  • GPLv3, Copyright by corbamico@163.com
  • library nlohmann/json, and library microsoft/wil under LICENSE.MIT