Xbox 360:Shortcut360

Information
Author	Chebico
Type	Dashboard shortcut creator
Version	1.1.7
License	Unknown
Source	N/A
Download(s)	File:Shortcut360_v1.1.7.rar

Shortcut360 is a Windows utility written by Chebico which, as the name suggests, allows any executable or container to be listed in the XBOX 360's stock dashboard. The concept is the same as forwarder channels used on the Nintendo Wii or shortcut files used in desktop operating systems. Shortcut360 improves upon XeDev's QuickBoot which also creates LIVE containers that can launch arbitrary executables from the stock dashboard.

Shortcuts can point to any device on the console including HDD, USB drives, the Internal Memory Unit, or even the System Flash.

Benefits over QuickBoot

• Title information doesn't need to be entered manually
• Achievement data shows correctly in the stock dashboard
• Shortcuts can be made to XBLA, GoD, and Demo container files in addition to XEX files
• Icons display correctly on the Game Information page of the stock dashboard

The creation process is significantly easier if the console is connected to your PC via network sharing. Freestyle Dash's built-in Samba Server and Raidrive, which can mount any FTP server as a Windows drive letter, have both been confirmed to work.

Scanning in Multiple Shortcuts

1. Click the Scan button, and a new window will appear. Select the directory to use as a base by clicking the ... button to browse and select a path, for example \\XBOX360\Hdd1\Games if you are using FreeStyle's network sharing or E:\Games if you have a USB drive connected directly to your PC.
2. The default setting for Scan Depth should usually be left alone as increasing it will make the scanning process take significantly longer. If you need to scan multi-disc extracted games, set Scan Depth to 2 so that files like Games\Game Name\Disc 1\default.xex will be found.
3. Use the checkboxes if you want to restrict the scan to only search for particular file types.
4. Click Scan and wait for the process to finish.
5. Shortcuts that don't have enough information to be created properly will have a status of Attention!, double-click on each of these entries and fill out the missing fields. For games that have multiple XEX files usually the only entry you want to keep is the one for default.xex that has a valid name field.
6. When you have finished editing or removing shortcuts that you don't want:
   • To create a single shortcut, select it and click Create.
   • To create shortcuts only for some of the listed titles, use multi-select by holding down the Ctrl key and clicking each entry, then click Create.
   • To create shortcuts for all titles that have Ready! as their status, click Create All.
7. A Content directory structure will be created in Shortcut360's program directory that can be copied to the console.

Manually adding Shortcuts with auto-filled fields

The first step will fail with There was an error reading the XEX file chosen! if the chosen XEX lacks an Execution ID header, this applies to almost all Homebrew applications. You will have to fill in all fields manually as detailed in the next section.

1. Click the Add button then click the ... button and select an XEX, ISO or XBLA container file. All details except the path will be extracted automatically.
2. You can edit any of the title details including the icon, click on it and select a 64x64 pixel PNG, the program will warn you if it's too large. Path must not include the drive name and must not start with a leading slash, just folder\some.xex or folder\someContainer is sufficient.
3. Click Add to add this shortcut to the shortcuts list of the main window. You can re-open the editor window by double clicking on any entry in the shortcuts list.
4. Repeat the steps above if you want to make more shortcuts.
5. Select shortcuts to be made & click Create, or click Create All and all of the shortcuts that have a status of Ready! will be created.
6. A Content directory structure will be created in Shortcut360's program directory that can be copied to the console.

Video demonstration by RGHTutorials

Manually adding Shortcuts (Homebrew)

1. It is strongly recommended to search XboxUnity for the program's name and use their Title ID in the following step, this is to avoid problems that may be caused by having duplicate ID's on the console.
2. Click the Add button then fill in the Name, Title ID and Path fields. Path must not include the drive name and must not start with a leading slash, just folder\some.xex or folder\someContainer is sufficient.
3. Media ID can be set to 00000000 and both Disc fields can be set to 0. For the icon, click on it and select a 64x64 pixel PNG, the program will warn you if it's too large.
4. Click Add to add this shortcut to the shortcuts list of the main window. You can re-open the editor window by double clicking on any entry in the shortcuts list.
5. Repeat the steps above if you want to make more shortcuts.
6. Select shortcuts to be made & click Create, or click Create All and all of the shortcuts that have a status of Ready! will be created.
7. A Content directory structure will be created in Shortcut360's program directory that can be copied to the console.