Windows XP in a Nutshell

Shortcuts

The Shell object provides the ability to create shortcuts via the CreateShortCut method. This method returns a WshShortCut object:

objShortCut = objShell.CreateShortcut(strPath)

Once you have created a Shortcut object, you can set properties for it. This object provides the same settings that are available when creating shortcuts using Explorer.

Table 9-10 lists the properties that can be set for the shortcut.

Table 9-10. Shortcut object properties

Parameter	Type	Description
Description	String	Shortcut description.
Hotkey	String	Hotkey used to execute shortcut. The easiest way to get a hotkey is to use Windows Explorer to create a shortcut and copy the hotkey settings used by the shortcut.
IconLocation	String	Path to file containing icons to use in shortcut.
TargetPath	String	Path of the application or document to execute.
WindowStyle	Integer	Type of Window to display application in. 1 for normal, 2 for minimized, and 3 for maximized Window.
WorkingDirectory	String	Default working directory for application to use.

Once you have set the parameters for the shortcut, invoke the Save method to save and update the shortcut.

'create a shortcut on desktop linked to hello script Set objShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell") strDesktop = objShell.SpecialFolders("Desktop") 'get path to desktop Set objShortcut = objShell.CreateShortcut(strDesktop & "\nlink.lnk") objShortcut.TargetPath = "D:\heh.vbs" 'script to execute objShortcut.Save 'save ...