#!/usr/bin/perl
# Fixlink.pl -- script to effect global change in link collection.
use strict;
use warnings;
use diagnostics;
use Win32::Shortcut;

edit_lnkpath( $_, qr/$ARGV[1]/, $ARGV[2] ) for map { glob } $ARGV[0];

sub edit_lnkpath {
    my ( $file, $pat1, $pat2 ) = @_;
    my $lnk = new Win32::Shortcut($file)
      or die "Couldn't create shortcut object: $!";
    my $path = $lnk->{'Path'};
    if ( $path =~ /$pat1/ ) {
        print "'$path' changed to ";
        $path =~ s/$pat1/$pat2/;
        print "'$path'\n";
        $lnk->{'Path'} = $path;
        $lnk->Save();
    }
    $lnk->Close();
}