Creating shortcuts

[Vini Deep]

Hi, I want to copy the shortcut of an executable to a different location, from my program. Is there any function to do that? I have used CopyFile() to copy the exe, but how to create the shortcut to the exe and send/paste it to a particular location? Kindly help. Thanks.. Vini

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http://www.codeproject.com/shell/create\_shortcut.asp

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[Milton Karimbekallil]

hi, you can use the following code to create a shortcut instead of copying an existing one. below code will create a shortcut for notepad in c:\ . Change the path accordingly. CString strFile("notepad.exe"); IShellLink* pLink; IPersistFile* pPersistFile; if(FAILED(CoInitialize(NULL))) throw CString("Failed to initialize COM Library."); if(FAILED(CoCreateInstance(CLSID_ShellLink, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, IID_IShellLink, (void **) &pLink))) throw CString("Failed to initialize COM Library."); pLink->SetPath((LPCTSTR)strFile); pLink->SetDescription("Notepad fooooooooooo"); pLink->SetShowCmd(SW_SHOW); if(FAILED(pLink->QueryInterface(IID_IPersistFile, (void **)&pPersistFile))) throw CString("Failed to query IID_IPersistFile."); CString str("c:\\notepad.lnk"); CComBSTR path; path = str.AllocSysString(); pPersistFile->Save(path, true); pPersistFile->Release(); pLink->Release(); CoUninitialize(); rgds... mil10.

[Vini Deep]

Got it... Thanks so much. :):rose: Vini

[sysop HAL9K com]

What are the #include's needed for this code? I'm compiling for Win32 and I haven't been able to figure out the right combination of files thanks