WindowStyle Property 

Assigns a window style to a shortcut, or identifies the type of window style used by a shortcut.

object.WindowStyle = intWindowStyle

Arguments

• object
  WshShortcut object.

• intWindowStyle
  Sets the window style for the program being run.

Remarks

The WindowStyle property returns an integer.

The following table lists the available settings for intWindowStyle.

intWindowStyle	Description
1	Activates and displays a window. If the window is minimized or maximized, the system restores it to its original size and position.
3	Activates the window and displays it as a maximized window.
7	Minimizes the window and activates the next top-level window.

Example

The following example demonstrates the use of the WindowStyle property:

<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+Alt+e"

         oShellLink.IconLocation = "notepad.exe, 0"

         oShellLink.Description = "Shortcut Script"

         oShellLink.WorkingDirectory = strDesktop

         oShellLink.Save

         set oUrlLink = WshShell.CreateShortcut(strDesktop & "\Microsoft Web Site.url")

         oUrlLink.TargetPath = "https://www.microsoft.com"

         oUrlLink.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+Alt+e";

         oShellLink.IconLocation = "notepad.exe, 0";

         oShellLink.Description = "Shortcut Script";

         oShellLink.WorkingDirectory = strDesktop;

         oShellLink.Save();

         var oUrlLink = WshShell.CreateShortcut(strDesktop + "\\Microsoft Web Site.url");

         oUrlLink.TargetPath = "https://www.microsoft.com";

         oUrlLink.Save();

      </script>

   </job>

</package>

Applies To:

WshShortcut Object

See Also

Concepts

Running Your Scripts