Monday, March 14, 2011

VBScript - Desktop Shortcut

A quick one today, if you ever have the need to create a desktop shortcut using VBScript. This can be deployed in a user logon script (GPO or AD) for example.


Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
strDesktop = objShell.SpecialFolders("Desktop")
Set objLink = objShell.CreateShortcut(strDesktop & "\Andreas - Talk nerdy to me.lnk")
objLink.TargetPath = "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"
objLink.Arguments = "http://ahultgren.blogspot.com/"
objLink.WorkingDirectory = "%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%"
objLink.IconLocation = "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe, 2"
objLink.Description = "Andreas - Talk nerdy to me!"
objLink.Save

This link fires up Internet Explorer and goes straight to my blog. It should be fairly obvious 
what the different methods do and how you change them. 


1 comment:

  1. 2nd verse, same as the first...

    I'd rather use GPP....and who the hell uses Internet Exploder on purpose?!?!?!

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