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mklinkgui - make symbolic links in Windows Explorer with context menu
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mklinkgui.py
import win32clipboard # pip install pywin32 if needed
import sys, os, subprocess
fname = sys.argv[1]
win32clipboard.OpenClipboard()
filenames = win32clipboard.GetClipboardData(win32clipboard.CF_HDROP)
win32clipboard.CloseClipboard()
for filename in filenames:
base = os.path.basename(filename)
link = os.path.join(fname, base)
subprocess.Popen('mklink %s "%s" "%s"' % ('/d' if os.path.isdir(filename) else '', link, filename), shell=True)
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