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windows shortcut help please

hi please is it possible to make a desktop shortcut file to my
application at run time ?

regards
Darren
Nov 15 '05 #1
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hi please is it possible to make a desktop shortcut file to my
application at run time ?

You could do either of the following:
1) From your application you could call a script. On msdn, there are
samples of scripts that are used for creating shortcuts.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...us/script56/ht
ml/wsconcreatingshortcut.asp

2) use the Stkit432.dll that comes with VB. See link on msdn Kb article for
more info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...microsoft.com:
80/support/kb/articles/Q155/3/03.asp&NoWebContent=1

Hope this helps you out.

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