RE: shortcut on desktop

[Al Hospers]

> Not sure what you mean about not writing a file to the target
> machine, as
> creating a shortcut IS a file....but you could look to budapi.

1 - FWIW - shortcuts & alisaes are NOT text files.

2 - you can't do it without writing a file to the user's computer,
with or without an Xtra.

hth

Al Hospers
CamberSoft, Inc.
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http://www.cambersoft.com

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