Windows start menu shortcuts are all named "Unity"

[Duobix]

Issue Checklist

• I'm using the latest u3d version
• I ran u3d --help
• I read the README
• I made sure that a similar issue doesn't exit

Issue Description

The shortcuts to specific Unity versions on windows start menu are all named "Unity" - this is fine if the user is scrolling through the Windows start menu to find a version (the folders have proper version names in start menu), but it's very hard to find a specific version
by quickly typing "unity" - this yields in 6-7 shortcuts just named Unity.

I'd like to request a feature, something in the fashion of "u3d move --name_shortcuts" that would just add version numbers to shortcut names.

[niezbop]

Hey thanks for the feature request!

Sadly, I believe that what you ask for is too complicated for u3d to perform. The name that appears in the Windows start menu is not the name of the .exe file but rather the name of the application itself. I feel like we don't want u3d to change that.

On the other hand, I recently opened #336 which would allow to create shortcuts basically anywhere you want to all your installed Unity versions. The cool thing is that shortcuts (.lnk files) do appear in the Windows start menu, so that would allow to quickly go through them! It's still a bit WIP but we're coming to a close on this feature 😄

[danielresolutiongames]

@Duobix I feel you on this. Not a solution from u3d but rather a workflow that I've gotten into the habit of:

If I find a shortcut called "Unity" as you describe, I right click it and select "Open file location".
Then press Alt+Up arrow to go one step up, hit F2 to go into rename and Ctrl+C the folder name.
Enter twice (one for the rename and one for entering again, and finally F2 the Unity shortcut and paste the more detailed name.

This is only something I can bother doing on my workstation; anything unattended doesn't get this amount of love, so I agree that it would be great if this was programatically solved instead.

I imagine this could be a feature request for Unity themselves instead; if you file one, let me know and I'll vote for it.