.Exe Shortcut Maker

using IWshRuntimeLibrary;

using System;

using System.ComponentModel.Design;

using System.Diagnostics;

using System.IO;

using System.IO.Enumeration;

using System.Reflection;

using static IWshRuntimeLibrary.WshShell;

using static System.Net.Mime.MediaTypeNames;

using static System.Runtime.InteropServices.JavaScript.JSType;

//explains what the program does to user

Console.WriteLine("This Program is for creating short cut files based of an .exe file's name and icon. \nYou can choose the location to search for exe files and output the shortcut file to. \nThe program will search for duplicates shortcuts already in that location with the same name. \nYou will be asked to confirm before any changes to your files are made.");

Console.WriteLine("");

//These call the subroutine that fetch variables from the users

string[] files = getThePathExe();

var temp = getThePathLnk();

string target = temp.Item1;

bool seachInBothLoc = temp.Item2;

//removing quotation marks from strings

static string RemoveQuotationMarks(string str)

{

    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(str) && str[0] == '\"' && str[str.Length - 1] == '\"')

    {

        return str.Substring(1, str.Length - 2);

    }

    return str;

}

//returns the array of all exe files in a user selected path

static string[] getThePathExe()

{

    Console.Write("Copy the folder path you want to be scanned for .exe files. \nOr enter \"1\" to scan the steamapp folder. \nOr enter \"2\" to scan epic games folder: ");

    string selectOptions = Console.ReadLine();

    string pathToScan;

    string[] files = new string[0];

    switch (selectOptions)

    {

        case "1":

        case "one":

            pathToScan = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Steam\\steamapps\\common";

            break;

        case "2":

        case "two":

            pathToScan = "C:\\Program Files\\Epic Games\\";

            break;

        default:

            selectOptions = RemoveQuotationMarks(selectOptions);

            pathToScan = selectOptions;

            break;

    }

    //makes the array of exe files in the pathToScan location

    try

    {

        files = System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(pathToScan, "*.exe", SearchOption.AllDirectories);

        Console.WriteLine("");

    }

    catch

    {

        Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Yellow;

        Console.WriteLine("Try again. That Path doesn’t exist or you don’t have permissions to go there.");

        Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.White;

        Console.WriteLine("");

        files = getThePathExe();

    }

    return files;

}

//return the place to put the shortcut and calls seachInBothLocUserInput() to return if it should search for duplicates in all users or just current user

static Tuple<string, bool> getThePathLnk()

{

    Console.Write("Copy the folder path you want your shortcuts to go. \nOr enter \"1\" to save in the start menu for all users \nOr enter \"2\" to save in the start menu for the current user. \nOr enter \"3\" to save to your desktop: ");

    string selectOptions = Console.ReadLine();

    string target;

    bool seachInBothLoc;

    switch (selectOptions)

    {

        case "1":

        case "one":

            target = "C:\\ProgramData\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Start Menu";

            seachInBothLoc = seachInBothLocUserInput();

            break;

        case "2":

        case "two":

            string roamingAppDataPath = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData);

            target = roamingAppDataPath + "\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Start Menu";

            seachInBothLoc = seachInBothLocUserInput();

            break;

        case "3":

        case "three":

            target = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Desktop);

            seachInBothLoc = false;

            break;

        default:

            selectOptions = RemoveQuotationMarks(selectOptions);

            target = selectOptions;

            seachInBothLoc = false;

            break;

    }

    // checks the directory is valid

    if (!Directory.Exists(target))

    {

        Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Yellow;

        Console.WriteLine("Try again. That Path doesn’t exist or you don’t have permissions to go there.");

        Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.White;

        Console.WriteLine("");

        var temp = getThePathLnk();

        target = temp.Item1;

        seachInBothLoc = temp.Item2;

    }

    else

    {

        Console.WriteLine("");

    }

    return new Tuple<string, bool>(target, seachInBothLoc);

}

//called by getThePathLnk() to return 1if it should search for duplicates in all users or just current user

static bool seachInBothLocUserInput()

{

    Console.WriteLine("");

    Console.WriteLine("Do you want us to check if a shortcut file already exist in the local start menu as well as for all users. ");

    Console.Write("Press Y/y for yes and N/n for no: ");

    string permition = Console.ReadLine();

    bool seachInBothLoc;

    switch (permition)

    {

        case "Y":

        case "y":

            seachInBothLoc = true;

            break;

        case "N":

        case "n":

            seachInBothLoc = false;

            break;

        default:

            seachInBothLoc = seachInBothLocUserInput();

            break;

    }

    return seachInBothLoc;

}

//makes the shortcut file for each exe file by calling CreateShortcut() for each exe file

for (int i = 0; i < files.Length; i++)

{

    int rank = i + 1;

    Console.Write("Are you happy creating a shortcut for the following program: ");

    Console.WriteLine(files[i]);

    string filename = null;

    filename = Path.GetFileName(files[i]);

    string shortCutName = filename.Remove(filename.Length - 4, 4);

    Console.Write("Press Y/y for yes and N/n for no: ");

    string permition = Console.ReadLine();

    switch (permition)

    {

        case "Y":

        case "y":

            CreateShortcut(shortCutName, target, files[i], seachInBothLoc);

            break;

        case "N":

        case "n":

            Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Yellow;

            Console.WriteLine("Skipping");

            Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.White;

            Console.WriteLine("");

            break;

        default:

            Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Yellow;

            Console.WriteLine("Try again. Press Y/y for yes and N/n for no");

            Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.White;

            Console.WriteLine("");

            i = i - 1;

            break;

    }

}

Console.ReadKey();

//creates the shortcut based on passed values

static void CreateShortcut(string shortcutName, string shortcutPath, string targetFileLocation, bool seachInBothLoc)

{

    try

    {

        string wildCard = "*" + shortcutName + ".lnk";

        string[] duplicates = System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(shortcutPath, wildCard, SearchOption.AllDirectories);

        string roamingAppDataPath = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData);

        string[] duplicates2 = new string[0];

        if (seachInBothLoc == true)

        {

            if (shortcutPath == "C:\\ProgramData\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Start Menu")

            {

                duplicates2 = System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(roamingAppDataPath + "\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Start Menu", wildCard, SearchOption.AllDirectories);

            }

            else

            {

                duplicates2 = System.IO.Directory.GetFiles("C:\\ProgramData\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Start Menu", wildCard, SearchOption.AllDirectories);

            }

        }

        else

        {

        }

        if (duplicates.Length > 0 || duplicates2.Length > 0)

        {

            Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Red;

            Console.WriteLine("Duplicate was found. Shortcut will not be created.");

            Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.White;

            Console.WriteLine("");

        }

        else

        {

            string shortcutLocation = System.IO.Path.Combine(shortcutPath, shortcutName + ".lnk");

            IWshRuntimeLibrary.WshShell shell = new WshShell();

            IWshShortcut shortcut = (IWshShortcut)shell.CreateShortcut(shortcutLocation);

            shortcut.Description = "My shortcut description";   // The description of the shortcut

            shortcut.IconLocation = targetFileLocation;           // The icon of the shortcut

            shortcut.TargetPath = targetFileLocation;                 // The path of the file that will launch when the shortcut is run

            shortcut.Save();

            Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Green;

            Console.WriteLine("Created");

            Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.White;

            Console.WriteLine("");

        }

    }

    catch

    {

        Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Red;

        Console.WriteLine("Your shortcut file could not be created. Mabey the program can't modify files in that location. Please close the program by pressing any key");

        Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.White;

        Console.WriteLine("");

        Console.ReadKey();

        // Close the current instance of the application

        Environment.Exit(0);

    }

}