Save as Shortcut

PLEASE NOTE: If you're experiencing a problem, please DO NOT SUBMIT A REVIEW. Email me for a fast reply or submit a support ticket for a slow reply. -Description- Personally, I've always used Internet shortcut files for a variety of reasons. For example: 1. To passively share links to content via shared folders. 2. To supersede the temporary use of pinned tabs and bookmarks. 3. As portable links. 4. To accompany resources (installers with links to the websites, projects with links to assets, etc). However, I always found them so awkward to create, hence me creating this extension. -FAQ- Q: As Chrome manifest v2 is being depreciated in 2024, is this extension being updated to support v3? A: Yes, after quite a lot of work, I have successfully rewritten Save as Shortcut to support Chrome manifest v3 and its asynchronous service workers. Q: Why does this extension say that it reads my browsing history? A: I don't know. It does not. To see the real permissions, check file "%localAppData%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\flehofiklehmnnolpjcamplcnmhgcbkk\<version>_0\manifest.json" → section / key "permissions". Q: Are you aware of X issue? A: As of 2025/04/21, the only issue that I'm aware of is an incompatibility with sites that use Wix Thunderbolt's overrideGlobals.inline which I believe cannot be worked around. Q: Can this extension be updated to do X? A: I'm open to ideas so feel free to contact me. Q: Can I test upcoming features and fixes? A: Yes, there is a beta version available here: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/save-as-shortcut-beta/kmemfmaclfmhaddkneldhbcmlpoanbmg Q: Does this extension have any tracking or collect any personal information? A: Nope. Simple as that. In fact, third parties regularly offer to pay me relatively large sums of money per month to inject their code into my app and I have always refused because I hate it when other developers do that so I don't want to be that person. Q: Can I donate? A: Sure. 😊 https://paypal.me/mythofechelon -Version history- • 5.72.2300, 2026/08/31 (published to beta first): - Removed shortcut types Windows / .url and Mac / .webloc, as Chromium and the OSes consider them as unsafe. These will be auto migrated to the cross-platform / .html option. - For mode "Remove prefixed or suffixed site name": Added special handling for Wikipedia so that its subdomain is skipped when checking, as ones like "en" cause false positives. • 5.71.2295, 2025/04/21 (published to beta only): - Max file name (not file path) length will now be 100 for Windows and 255 for other OSes (e.g., macOS and Linux). • 5.70.2294, 2024/11/10 (published to beta first): - Changed method of triggering the download from chrome.downloads.download to chrome.scripting.executeScript with simulated clicks, hence adding "permissions" → "active_tab" and "scripting" and removing "permissions" → "downloads". This should resolve the following issues caused by the Chrome API: + File name conflicts with other extensions. + Saved folder always being "Downloads". + Potentially other things like inconsistent triggering. • 5.69.2235, 2024/10/28 (published to beta first): - As requested by users, exposed internal logic as new option "Shortcut file maximum characters". • 5.68.2220, 2024/09/15 to 2024/09/22 (published to beta first): - Consolidated popup logging to service worker so all data is in one place which makes it easier to diagnose on-load issues with the popup as closing the popup closes the inspect window. - Added instructions on enabling developer mode which reveals the option to inspect the service worker in order to get the diagnostic log. - Implemented usage of chrome.downloads.onDeterminingFilename to resolve conflict with other extensions which was causing the saved file to be named "download". • 5.67.2213, 2024/05/25 (published to beta first): - Changed manifest version from 2 to 3 which required the following: + As background pages have been removed, replaced with a service worker. + As service workers cannot access localStorage, replaced usage with chrome.storage.local and message passing between service worker and popup. + As service workers are inherently asynchronous but code needs to be processed synchronously, changed all functions to be async and all function calls to use await. + As service workers don't have a page, changed download method from simulating a click on the background page to chrome.downloads.download (hence new permission "downloads"). + Replaced chrome.contextMenus.create → onclick with chrome.contextMenus.onClicked.addListener. + As service workers cannot use chrome.extension.getViews to access the popup page, replaced usage with message passing. - Upgraded JSZip from v3.2.1 to v3.10.1. • 4.66.1952, 2024/06/06: - So that user options / preferences are preserved, added code to frequently migrate the data from localStorage to chrome.storage.local (hence new permission "storage") in preparation for the migration to already-completed Save as Shortcut v5 which uses Chrome manifest v3 which cannot access localStorage. • 4.65.1944, 2021/07/20 (published to beta first): - Implemented trimming of file names larger than 225 characters (Windows NTFS maximum of 255 minus spacing for prefixes of 30), as these were breaking extraction of ZIP files. • 4.64.1939, 2021/06/11: - Implemented workaround for Google Chrome version ~91.0.4472.77 bug / error "Unchecked runtime.lastError: Tabs cannot be queried right now (user may be dragging a tab)." Refer to https://stackoverflow.com/questions/67806779/im-getting-an-error-tabs-cannot-be-edited-right-now-user-may-be-dragging-a-ta • 4.64.1936, 2021/05/15: - Fixed bug where context menu wouldn't be removed. This was due to an old localStorage variable name being referenced in a catchall if statement and, therefore, always being null and matching. • 4.64, 2021/03/27 to 2021/03/28 (published to beta…