Creating shortcuts

[brian873]

I am trying to create a autoit script that creates a desktop icon pointing to a RDP server.

Everything work fine with the code below apart from the forward slashes "/" turning in to back slashes "\" and the extra "" in the shortcut.

This is taken from a desktop icon i created manually

%windir%\system32\mstsc.exe /f /v:merle.asp.esg-i.net:3390

This is waht is produced form the code below.

"C:\WINDOWS\system32\mstsc.exe \f \v:merle.asp.esg-i.net:3390"

Has anyone any idea why this happens?

Many thanks

brian

$FileName = "%windir%\system32\mstsc.exe /f /v:server1:3390"
$LinkFileName = @DesktopDir & "\Concept Connection.lnk"
$WorkingDirectory = @WindowsDir
$Icon = "C:\Windows\system32\SHELL32.dll"
$IconNumber = 67
$Description = "Concept Icon"
$State = @SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED ;Can also be @SW_SHOWNORMAL or @SW_SHOWMINNOACTIVE

FileCreateShortcut($FileName, $LinkFileName, $WorkingDirectory,"", $Description, $Icon,"", $IconNumber, $State)

[PsaltyDS]

That's a path to a file, not a full command line. You should link to a .cmd file if you need to pass parameters, or even a compiled AutoIt script .exe file.

Oops. Full command line still doesn't work as the file parameter, but the arguments can go in "args", as skyboy correctly pointed out below.

Edited December 7, 2009 by PsaltyDS

[brian873]

Hi PsaltyDS, thanks for the reply

I am unsure what you mean.

If click START > RUN and paste in %windir%\system32\mstsc.exe /f /v:server1:3390 I get my desired result.

When I complie the code everythingy works fine, apart from the problem with the slashes reversing. So there should be no need to link to another file.

Any ideas?

thanks

brian

[skyboy]

FileCreateShortcut ( "file", "lnk" [, "workdir" [, "args" [, "desc" [, "icon" [, "hotkey" [, icon number [, state]]]]]]] )

you have the args set to an empty string, those thing after the .exe are arguments, drop them after the working directory and you'll be golden

[99ojo]

Hi,

see helpfile FileCreateShortcut. This should work:

$FileName = "%windir%\system\mstsc.exe"
;$FileName = @Systemdir & "\mstsc.exe" ; to work with autoit variables
$args = "/f /v:server1:3390"
$LinkFileName = @DesktopDir & "\Concept Connection.lnk"
$WorkingDirectory = "%windir%" ; you shouldn't mix up AutoIT Varaibles and systemvariables
;$WorkingDirectory = @WindowsDir ; to work with autoit variables
$Icon = "%windir%\system32\SHELL32.dll"
;$Icon = @WindowsDir & \system32\SHELL32.dll"
$IconNumber = 67
$Description = "Concept Icon"
$State = @SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED ;Can also be @SW_SHOWNORMAL or @SW_SHOWMINNOACTIVE

FileCreateShortcut($FileName, $LinkFileName, $WorkingDirectory, $args, $Description, $Icon,"", $IconNumber, $State)

;-))

Stefan

P.S: Slower then skyboy

Edited December 7, 2009 by 99ojo

[brian873]

Hi skyboy,

thanks thats exactly what it was! I think i spent to much time staring at it to see the problem

this version works perfect

$FileName = "%windir%\system32\mstsc.exe"
$Args = " /f /v:server1:3390"
$LinkFileName = @DesktopDir & "\Concept Connection.lnk"
$WorkingDirectory = @WindowsDir
$Icon = "C:\Windows\system32\SHELL32.dll"
$IconNumber = 67
$Description = "Concept Icon"
$State = @SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED ;Can also be @SW_SHOWNORMAL or @SW_SHOWMINNOACTIVE

FileCreateShortcut($FileName, $LinkFileName, $WorkingDirectory, $args, $Description, $Icon,"", $IconNumber, $State)

Stephan,

haha just tested skyboys, pretty much same as your answer.

Thanks both for quick replys!