Tutorial: Shortcut to folder

[xmcnuggetx]

Background: My wife recently started working out and wanted some videos. Some of these are not on imdb and even if they were I am ripping them into seperate videos ie "30 Day Shred - Level 1", "30 Day Shred - Level 2", ect. I wanted a quick way to get to these videos rather them her having to drill through the file browser.

Info: What my solution was is to add an icon to the shortcut menu that links to the file browser at the folder desired.

How To

• Open your shortcuts.xml (appdata/BOXEE/userdata/profiles/{username}/shortcuts.xml
• Scroll to the bottom of the file and note the last index used
• Copy this:
  

      <shortcut index="5">
          <name>Workout Videos</name>
          <thumbnail>default_folder.png</thumbnail>
          <adult>false</adult>
          <command>ActivateWindow(10479, c:\temp)</command>
          <country>all</country>
          <country-allow>true</country-allow>
          <readonly>false</readonly>
      </shortcut>

  and paste after the last shortcut
• change the index to be the next in the sequence
• change name so that it is called what you like
• change c:\temp to the path of your videos. you can also use special paths (ie special://myvideos/Workout Videos)
• optional you can change the thumbnail
• optional launch boxee and move the shortcut to the desired position. its just easier to initially add it to the end

[dconti]

Thanks for the write up, WAF is always important.

What are the differences between doing this and adding a shortcut by browsing in the file browser, then hitting left and clicking 'add shortcut'? At the very least it seems like you get a more user friendly name?

[xmcnuggetx]

lol i guess because i never noticed the left menu in the file browser... ah well

I guess the icon used and the name. prolly easier to add the shortcut via the file browser and then customize.