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.
|
Parameter |
Type |
Description |
|---|---|---|
|
String |
Shortcut description. | |
|
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. | |
|
String |
Path to file containing icons to use in shortcut. | |
|
TargetPath |
String |
Path of the application or document to execute. |
|
Integer |
Type of Window to display application in. 1 for normal, 2 for minimized, and 3 for maximized Window. | |
|
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 and update shortcut