/home/deck/.steam/steam/userdata/%ID%/config

steamdeck-remove-broken-shortcuts.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
import os
import sys
import vdf
import shlex


def remove_broken_shortcuts(vdf_path):
    # Load the shortcuts.vdf file using Valve's vdf library.
    with open(vdf_path, 'rb') as f:
        data = vdf.binary_load(f)

    # Ensure the expected "shortcuts" key exists.
    if 'shortcuts' not in data:
        print("No shortcuts found in the VDF file.")
        return

    shortcuts = data['shortcuts']
    valid_shortcuts = {}

    # Iterate over the shortcuts by their keys.
    for key, shortcut in shortcuts.items():
        exe_path = shortcut.get('Exe')
        exe_args = shlex.split(exe_path)

        exe_path = exe_args[-1]
        if exe_path and os.path.exists(exe_path):
            valid_shortcuts[key] = shortcut
        else:
            appname = shortcut.get('AppName', 'Unknown')
            print(f"Removing broken shortcut: {appname} (exe: {exe_path})")

    # Replace the shortcuts with the filtered (valid) ones.
    data['shortcuts'] = valid_shortcuts

    # Write the updated data back to the file.
    with open(vdf_path, 'wb') as f:
        vdf.binary_dump(data, f)

    print("Updated the shortcuts file.")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    if len(sys.argv) != 2:
        print("Usage: python remove_broken_shortcuts.py /path/to/shortcuts.vdf")
        sys.exit(1)

    shortcuts_file = sys.argv[1]
    if not os.path.exists(shortcuts_file):
        print(f"Error: File not found: {shortcuts_file}")
        sys.exit(1)

    remove_broken_shortcuts(shortcuts_file)