Creating a Shortcut
Jeff Gaines
I want to be able to create a shortcut (.lnk file) programmatically in
C# from a file (or folder) being dragged to a ListView.
In VB I would have used Scripting and created a Scripting object. I am
unable to do this in C#, can anybody give me a nudge in the right
direction please? If there's a better way of doing it in C# I would be
happy to try it.
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Jeff Gaines Damerham Hampshire UK
je...@jgaines.co.uk
Felix Wu [MS]
Since .NET does not provide one-step method to create shortcut, you need to
do it via InterOp. Here is a code smaple that creates a shortcut by using
"Windows Script Host Object Model" COM library:
using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using IWshRuntimeLibrary;
namespace CreateShortcutCOM {
/// <summary>
/// This class creates a shortcut with COM interoperability
/// </summary>
class ShortcutDemo {
[STAThread]
static void Main(string[] args) {
// Get the app path and filename
string app = Environment.CurrentDirectory + @"\CreateShortcutCOM.exe";
try {
// Create a Windows Script Host Shell class
IWshShell_Class shell = new IWshShell_ClassClass();
// Define the shortcut file
IWshShortcut_Class shortcut = shell.CreateShortcut(app + ".lnk") as
IWshShortcut_Class;
// Set all its properties
shortcut.Description = "Smart sample of creating shell shortcut";
shortcut.TargetPath = app;
shortcut.IconLocation = app + ",0";
// Save it
shortcut.Save();
}
catch(COMException ex) {
Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
}
}
}
}
To make the above code comiple, do not forget to add a reference to the COM
library wshom.ocx
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Felix Wu
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Jeff Gaines
Wu [MS]) wrote:
>Hi Jeff,
>
>Since .NET does not provide one-step method to create shortcut, you need to
>do it via InterOp. Here is a code smaple that creates a shortcut by using
>"Windows Script Host Object Model" COM library:
[snipped]
Felix
That's brill, thanks very much!
I could do with a book on getting into the more esoteric bits of
Windows and the API, any suggestions?
Regards.
Felix Wu [MS]
I think the following articles in the MSDN is good start point:
Interoperating with Unmanaged Code
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconinteroperatingwith
unmanagedcode.asp
Regards,
Felix Wu
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