Convert windows shortcuts to symlinks?

Hi all!
is there a way I could convert selected shortcut files to a symlink?
I have started using /recent, and it's pretty darn useful, but shortcuts do not always work as I would want them to.
Thanks!

No, i don't think you can convert them directly. You can go to the original files, & use COPY MAKELINK=softlink.

http://www.gpsoft.com.au/help/opus11/index.html#!Documents/Making_Links_and_Junctions.htm

You shouldn't change what's in /recent as the operating system manages that folder.

What's the actual problem you're facing? There may be other solutions.

I just want to have the full functionality that symlinks offer when compared to plain shortcuts. If I copied the /recent folder over somewhere else and converted the shortcuts there to symlinks?
@abr: I already have that context menu where I can create symlinks/junctions etc out of files. What I wanted was an automation that allowed me a quick transformation.

You could do it using a script. VBScript has the ability to inspect shortcuts built in (via the misleadingly named CreateShortcut method), while creating the links could be done by the script calling the Opus command to do that.

ok thanks very much for the help!