Finally!!! Before, with Linux Mint, I had problems creating Link shortcuts on the desktop (or other folders): I had to keep a Nemo window (Mint Cinnamon's file manager) in the foreground and drag the link to it. Now I just have to click once.
Thank you so much for this wonderful plugin, great job!
Just one thing: with the dark theme the icon is very difficult to see. Is there any way to change it?
Best regards and thanks again.

Quick Cut quit working for me too, saving only as HTML. I tried earlier Quick Cut versions, they don't work either. I appreciate the developer's explanation so will use as is for now. Have appreciated Quick Cut very much through the years, worked like a charm.

Well, I've enjoyed this extension for years; very handy. Suddenly, a few weeks ago, it no longer creates normal windows shortcuts, only .html files, no matter the setting. Delete and reinstall doesn't fix it, so I guess I'm done with this extension unless the issue is corrected.

EDIT: Thanks for the correction. I should have guessed that it was some bs issue with the browser itself. Thanks a bunch Firefox and Mozilla, keep doing things that drive away the few remaining people who believe that a non-commercial browser can be competitive.

Has always worked for me. I disable it when i don't need it just for privacy. He has the code on Github though or I would not use the extension

Following the last problems, in order to make it work to my liking, I proceeded as follows:
* Choose... : Custom
* Content:
[Desktop entry]
Type=Link
URL=%url%
* Extension: desktop
I live again ;-)

(Addition: I am using QuickCut version 2.5 from 27 April 2023, with Firefox 112.0.2 and Kubuntu 22.04)

Worked perfectly until Firefox update 112.0 (64 bit) on my Windows 10 Home PC. Hoping for an update to restore functionality.

UPDATE for DEVELOPER - Thank you for your response, but your suggestion does not work. The QC icon in the Tool Bar does not "do" anything when you Mouse click on it - there is No "drop down" or Option to save as HTML or anything else. Formerly, it saved an Internet Shortcut to the Downloads Folder for WIndows 10, which could then be Cut & Paste or Drag & Drop into any Folder desired. FIREFOX now at ver 112.0.1

We posted our initial complaint in the Firefox / Mozilla Support Forum, we were re-directed to you as the Developer. We then posted your Response and the link you provided to the Bug Report there as well. Here's hoping this gets sorted out quickly.

One of my most beloved essential and normally 5 Stars Add-Ons stopped working actually after the lasted Firefox Update to Version 112.0! I hope for a Support Update of QuickCut!

Chrome has an extension called Save As ShortCut. This does the EXACT same thing. Very easy to use and one of the few extensions that I consider essential that works in modern versions of Firefox.

Re user review 13308775:
I find that URL links created under Win7 open straight away, while those created under Win10 annoy with a warning. When I compared the same link created under Win7 and Win10, I found that links created under Win7 are 3 bytes longer. This is because the link from Win7 contains a CRLF after the first and second line, while the link from Win10 contains only a LF after the first line and the second line is not terminated. When I added at least the LF after the second line in the link from Win10, the link started loading the web-page directly, just like the link from Win7.
Two days later:
Additionally, I found out that the reason why the URL file starts to work directly after adding one character (LF) is not because the URL file content has changed, but because the file has been SAVED AGAIN. The reason is that the altered URL file is already coming from my computer and not from the Internet. You can even just copy the URL file and the result is the same.
On various discussion forums I have learned that it is not the content of the file that is critical, but the fact that the file came from the Internet, which is not written into the file, but recorded in the external attributes of the file in the NFTS disk system. I understand that the fact that the URL files originating from Win7 work directly on my computer is due to the fact that these files were COPIED to my new Win10 (from the old HDD).
I note that on my old computer with Win7 I did not experience any such problem with URL files. There, even those URL files just saved from the Internet always worked without any warning message. Now, on a new computer that runs Win10 the message appears. Interestingly, though, it only happens with URL files and not with any other files downloaded from the Internet (e.g. with EXE files, which are installers for various programs).

This extension is essential for anyone currently using Ubuntu Linux with Gnome in 2022, where saving shortcuts isn't working properly (see https://askubuntu.com/a/1398066/1036263 ). Recommend also pairing with weblocopener.

LockeLamora: you may want to write the above usecase in the description and also try to word things in a way that mozilla's addons search SEO finds 'webloc' - I found this later on from a separate google search.

I like to be able to save useful youtube videos + websites that I come across ... but I need a way to be able to keep my library organised.

Traditional Bookmarks vs Shortcut Files:
- I find its was easier and quicker to sort them into folders, rename and move using the native file explorer / mac finder interface than any bookmarks management plugin I have tried.
- Plus I think perhaps the biggest benefit is the the shortcut files can be saved next to other files that are relevant to. Eg I can save a link to Led Zep Guitar tab next to the Led Zep mp3. I find this way I end up actual using the links I save, rather than bookmarks which half of them I never end up opening them again.

I know theoretically you can do this with the normal bookmarks functionality, but in my experience its ways more tedius, takes way longer.

This solution is perfect 10/10. Having the ability to edit some parameters of the filename when saving would make this 11 out of 10. Eg being able to swap 'Title' 'Youtube' to 'Youtube' 'Title' but I dont even know if this is possible.

But regardless, thank you, this extension rocks :)

When I save it as url and doble click it I get message box ...file came from another computer. It is not so when drag link from chrome(it is again .url link). So, author did not do simple job. BTW no options to drag link from firefox to desktop. favorites bar in firefox is not high enough....now yopu know why all people like chrome.

needs an option to replace the standard bookmark button in firefox (the "star" symbol in the adress-bar).

Other than that i am very happy that i can now manage bookmarks in the project folders that i work with.
This was one of the features i was missing when i came from internet explorer.

Thank you for this great extension! I configured it so that CTRL-D saves a .URL file to my desktop on my Mac instantly. And no more .webloc files. Super handy!

Does what I want. Simple. Effective. I'm just not giving the fifth star because I would have liked lnk files for Windows and save links with the context menu and not only the page itself

Works well, but could you please, please add the ability to assign a direct keyboard shortcut to creating the URL shortcut? (Settings can be accessed through the last item on the cogwheel menu for the addons page in Firefox.) Many thanks!

Edit: So it does! Don't know how I missed that. Excellent, thanks a lot!

Had to reinstall Firefox on Windows 10. Lost my profile and Add-ons. Reinstalled Firefox, then QuickCut. Under Options selected (1) Choose a type: Windows .url, (2) Always save as: Not Set (3) checked the Context Menu box, and (4) typed ‘Saved Links’ (without quotes) into the Folder box (after first creating the soft symbolic link in a terminal: mklink /D %HOMEPATH%\Downloads\Desktop %HOMEPATH%\Desktop. I then hit the Save button. From the (right-click) Context menu I saved a link to a website – expecting the same behavior from QuickCut that I used to get: the link is created on my Windows 10 Desktop. But now it’s created in my (symbolically-linked) folder on my Desktop: Saved Links. Is there any way to get the link to appear on my Desktop directly (as it once did) rather than in the folder on my Desktop (Saved Links)? Five stars, not four, if I can get the link placed directly on my Windows 10 Desktop! (BTW: I built a one-click vbs client script solution to stop the warning that appears when trying to open the QuickCut link. Can share if anyone is interested.)

Does not work with Firefox 76.0 - please correct this great add-on. :)