IconLocation Property 

Assigns an icon to a shortcut, or identifies the icon assigned to a shortcut.

object.IconLocation = strIconLocation 

Arguments

• object
  WshShortcut object.

• strIconLocation
  A string that locates the icon. The string should contain a fully qualified path and an index associated with the icon. See example for more details.

Remarks

String.

Applies To:

WshShortcut Object

Example

The following example demonstrates the use of the IconLocation 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"  'Zero is the index

         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+Alt+e";

         oShellLink.IconLocation = "notepad.exe, 0";  //Zero is the index

         oShellLink.Description = "Shortcut Script";

         oShellLink.WorkingDirectory = strDesktop;

         oShellLink.Save();

      </script>

   </job>

</package>

See Also

Concepts

Running Your Scripts