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[Livengood]

Can someone help me out and explain how to create desktop short cuts in Vb.Net
if would be very helpful to my program that i am making wahooo;

[Nery]

Google is your friend:
http://www.geekpedia.com/tutorial125_Cr ... ation.html

^^

[Livengood]

i think thats done in C++....
i have tried google found nothing that worked :(

[tedhead2]

I can do that in VB, just convert the code, plus it;s NOT C++, it;s C#. Learn to tell the differance.

[CodenStuff]

Hello,

Make a reference to the "Windows Script Host Object Model" COM library and then in your code add:

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Imports IWshRuntimeLibrary

Then when you want to create the shortcut, like in a "Form_Load" or "Button_Click" or something use:

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Dim NewShell As WshShellClass = New WshShellClass
        Dim DeskTopShortCut As IWshRuntimeLibrary.IWshShortcut
        Dim DesktopFolder As String = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.DesktopDirectory)
        DeskTopShortCut = CType(NewShell.CreateShortcut(DesktopFolder & "\NameOfShortCut.lnk"), IWshRuntimeLibrary.IWshShortcut)
        DeskTopShortCut.TargetPath = Application.ExecutablePath
        DeskTopShortCut.Save()

Change "NameOfShortCut.lnk" to the whatever you want to call the shortcut filename.

[Livengood]

o i see, i wasnt really sure if it was C++ or C#
i just need to find out how to do that, i have made a pro. installer program.... i am going to release the code when i am done

[AleRi8]

thanks for the shortcut code ;)