Create a shortcut?

[TomHuffman]

How do I create a macro that creates a shortcut at a specified location (i.e., Desktop) for a specified file?

This seems like a pretty basic task, but I find no mention of it in either the Help file for the Tips site.

[Bob Hansen]

Here is a link that explains how to make a shortcut using a batch file with four parameters: http://www.robvanderwoude.com/index.html

From the article:

Here's an example command line for the batch file.

link.bat c:\windows\notepad.exe c:\windows\desktop "c:\windows\start
menu\programs" "A Notepad Shortcut"

The linked article has the details for the link.bat file.

If this works for you, then you can use Macro Scheduler to call the batch file noted in the process noted above and pass the batch file variables from Macro Scheduler variables.

[support]

A script that uses VBScript to create a shortcut has been added to the Scripts & Tips section:

http://www.mjtnet.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1697