Allows you to create a shortcut programmatically.
Example

The following example demonstrates the creation of a shortcut to the script being run:
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<package> <job id="vbs"> <script language="VBScript"> set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") strDesktop = WshShell.SpecialFolders("Desktop") set oShellLink = WshShell.CreateShortcut(strDesktop & "\Shortcut Script.lnk") oShellLink.TargetPath = WScript.ScriptFullName oShellLink.WindowStyle = 1 oShellLink.Hotkey = "CTRL+SHIFT+F" oShellLink.IconLocation = "notepad.exe, 0" oShellLink.Description = "Shortcut Script" oShellLink.WorkingDirectory = strDesktop oShellLink.Save </script> </job> <job id="js"> <script language="JScript"> var WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell"); strDesktop = WshShell.SpecialFolders("Desktop"); var oShellLink = WshShell.CreateShortcut(strDesktop + "\\Shortcut Script.lnk"); oShellLink.TargetPath = WScript.ScriptFullName; oShellLink.WindowStyle = 1; oShellLink.Hotkey = "CTRL+SHIFT+F"; oShellLink.IconLocation = "notepad.exe, 0"; oShellLink.Description = "Shortcut Script"; oShellLink.WorkingDirectory = strDesktop; oShellLink.Save(); </script> </job> </package> |
Properties
Arguments Property | Description Property | FullName Property (WshShortcut Object) | Hotkey Property | IconLocation Property | RelativePath Property | TargetPath Property | WindowStyle Property | WorkingDirectory Property
Methods
See Also
