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Disable‑CursorShortcutCode

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SYNOPSIS

Disables the Cursor shortcuts by renaming the 'code' and 'code.cmd' files.

SYNTAX

Disable-CursorShortcutCode [-Force] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm]
 [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

This script searches for the Cursor path in the system's PATH variable and renames the 'code' and 'code.cmd' files to disable the Cursor shortcuts.

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLE 1

Disable-CursorShortcutCode

Disables Cursor shortcuts by renaming 'code' and 'code.cmd' files to '.old' extensions.

EXAMPLE 2

Disable-CursorShortcutCode -Force

Disables Cursor shortcuts and forces overwrite of any existing '.old' backup files.

PARAMETERS

-Force

Specifies that the operation will be forced and override any previous backed up shortcuts.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Confirm

Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: cf

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-WhatIf

Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: wi

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

INPUTS

None

This function does not accept pipeline input.

OUTPUTS

None

This function does not return any output.

NOTES

This function searches for Cursor installation paths in the system PATH variable. If multiple Cursor paths are found, the function will throw an error. Files are renamed with '.old' extension to preserve them for later restoration.

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