Gurus,
I'm using a new part of WMI here, so I'm sort of lost. I'm trying to
create a desktop shortcut using Wscript.Shell. The problem I've got is the
TargetPath method keeps putting double-quotes around the Target text, so
the shortcut can't read it.
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use Win32::OLE;
my $WshShell = Win32::OLE->new( 'Wscript.Shell' );
my $oShellLink = $WshShell->CreateShortcut( 'foo.lnk' );
$oShellLink->{TargetPath} = 'c:\\foo\\foo.exe 23.14.15.20 1024';
$oShellLink->Save();
$oShellLink = undef;
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The shortcut gets created, but when I open the properties tab for it, the
"Target" text, c:\foo\foo.exe, is surrounded by double quotes. If I
hand-delete the quotes and then double-click on the shortcut, foo.exe gets
"found" and starts running, otherwise (with the quotes in place), a search
window starts looking for it. Is there a method in this object to
suppress those quotes? Or am I missing something less obscure? Or less
obvious?
I've tried assigning and using a variable for the target path:
$target = 'c:\\foo\\foo.exe 23.14.15.20 1024';
$oShellLink->{TargetPath}= $target;
But that doesn't help.
Any suggestions?
TIA,
Deane Rothenmaier
Programmer/Analyst
Walgreens Corp.
847-914-5150
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