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    Running Custom Command Using Windows Shortcuts

    I have a personal Obsidian PKM and I edit it in both Obsidian and VSCode (since I have nice LaTEX snippets + git push script in VSCode). I find it way too troublesome to open the PKM folder in VSCode by hand every time, so I searched for a solution online...

    Steps:

    1. Open the Properties pane
    2. Set Target to %comspec% /c <command> (/c = close command prompt, /k = keep command prompt. If you set c/, remember to set Run to Minimized to avoid a flashing command prompt.)
    3. Set Start in to your desired working directory (equivalent to running the command in that directory)
    4. Set a fancy icon, see mine :) obsidian_vscode_shortcut_icon.ico
    5. Pin it to the Task bar!

    Note If you want to open a certain folder in VSCode, use %comspec% /c code <full_path> instead of %comspec% /c code . even if you have set your Start in to <full_path>. This is because multiple shortcuts with the same Target cannot be pinned to the taskbar together. To avoid future clashes, we should specify the full path in Target.