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A terninal based start menu replacement for headless Windows Server installs based in fzf
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start-menu.ps1
# You'll need fzf from https://github.com/junegunn/fzf
# Get all .lnk files from both all-users and current-user Start Menu
$allApps = Get-ChildItem "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs" -Recurse -Filter *.lnk
$userApps = Get-ChildItem "$env:APPDATA\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs" -Recurse -Filter *.lnk
$apps = $allApps + $userApps
$selectedApp = $apps | ForEach-Object { $_.BaseName } | fzf.exe
if ($selectedApp) {
$appPath = ($apps | Where-Object { $_.BaseName -eq $selectedApp }).FullName
Start-Process $appPath
}
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