How do I create a shortcut programmatically?

[Dave Morgereth]

I'd like to programmatically create a shortcut on the desktop. Is there a
way to do it in C#?

TIA
Dave

[Mattias Sjögren]

Dave,

>I'd like to programmatically create a shortcut on the desktop. Is there a
>way to do it in C#?

http://www.msjogren.net/dotnet/eng/samples/dotnet_shelllink.asp

Mattias

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Mattias Sjögren (VB MVP)
mattias @ mvps.org
http://www.msjogren.net/dotnet/

[Jim Hollenhorst]

Here is a much simpler way. Just use the Windows Scripting Host. Be sure to
include a reference to the IWshRuntimeLibrary, then create a WshShell object
and an IWshShortcut. You may want to use the object browser to discover the
other properties and methods.

using IWshRuntimeLibrary;
...

WshShell shell = new WshShell();
IWshShortcut link =
(IWshShortcut)shell.CreateShortcut(LinkFileFullName);
link.TargetPath=OriginalFileFullName;
link.Description="The Description";
link.Save();

Jim