Create shortcut

[dmurthy]

Need a coding to create a shorcut on desktop.(Either in VB or in DOS) For an existing executable file that is existing in one of the drives.

[debasisdas]

why you need to write code for such things ,simply right click and create the shortcut.

[joedeene]

Why not copy it using the FileCopy code?

joedeene

[jg007]

last time i needed to do this I used windows scripting language

see how far you can get with the start of the code below

I have not posted the full code and there is more to add but is better if you try yourself (also I have been told off before for posting the full code :) but if you have problems just post what you have so far or try a google for 'wshshortcut'

you will also need to add ' Interop.IWshRun timeLibrary ' to your references

Dim shortcut As WshShortcut

testshell = New WshShell

shortcut = testshell.CreateShortcut(shortcutname)