Oscar, I actually just want the functionality of a shortcut so that I can put an icon on the desktop. symlink allows that in Unix (and a few other capabilities that I'm not that intersted in) and just want something equivalent to the menu item for making a shortcut in Windows.
> On 4 September 2012 02:57, Garry Willgoose <garry.willgo...@newcastle.edu.au> > wrote: > I want to put a shortcut onto the desktop in windows (XP and later) in Python > 2.6 or later. In Unix its easy using os.symlink but I can't find anything > equivalent for windows. My searches on the web led me to the code below but > the code returns the error > > AttributeError: function 'CreateSymbolicLinkW' not found > > so does anybody have any suggestions? > > Are you really trying to create a symbolic link? Note that this is not the > same thing as a 'shortcut' in Windows. If you say why you want the shortcut > someone may be able to help you find another way of doing what you want. > > Oscar
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