Mark,
Here is a way to make a shortcut to a file or URL using OLE.
James
use Win32::OLE;
$WSH = Win32::OLE-new('Wscript.Shell');
$SC = $WSH-CreateShortcut($WSH-SpecialFolders('AllUsersDesktop').\\Sample.lnk);
$SC-{WindowStyle} = 4; # 3=Maximized 4=Normal 7=Minimized
$SC-{TargetPath} =
);
}
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Mark
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From: Krummel, James C - PGGC-6 [mailto:jckrummel;bpa.gov]
Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 2:47 PM
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Subject: RE: Desktop shortcut
Mark,
Here is a way to make a shortcut to a file or URL using OLE
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Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 14:53:05 -0400
Thanks, James.
Will your script work on both Win98 and 2k systems?
I ended up using this script due to issues with 98:
use Win32::Shortcut;
use File::Copy;
if ($OS) {
$User
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Subject: RE: Desktop shortcut
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 14:53:05 -0400
Thanks, James.
Will your script work on both Win98 and 2k systems?
I ended up using this script due to issues with 98:
use Win32::Shortcut;
use File::Copy;
if ($OS
Krummel, James C - PGGC-6 wrote:
Mark,
It should work properly on a Win9x machine, as I asked the OS for the location of the desktop rather then using a hardcoded path, although I do not know if it supports the All Users Desktop tag. Here is a list of most of the standard folders the OS tracks
