WshShortcut Object 

Allows you to create a shortcut programmatically.

Example

The following example demonstrates the creation of a shortcut to the script being run:

<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

Save Method

See Also

Reference

CreateShortcut Method

Concepts

Running Your Scripts