FileCreateShortcut doesnt create shortcut

[teunteunteun]

Hi,

I'm trying to create a shortcut on my desktop automaticly via AutoIt.

This is my code:

FileCreateShortcut ( "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Bureaublad\Muppet_Babies_GUI.exe", "C:\Program Files\Muppet_Babies\MuppetBabiesGUI.lnk", "" , "" , "" , "C:\Program Files\Muppet_Babies\BABYKER.ico" , "", "")

The problem is that this command doesnt make the shortcut, is there any other way to create it?

Yours,

Teun

[Melba23]

teunteunteun,

On my Vista machine, my Desktop shortcuts are stored as "C:\Users\my_user_name\Desktop\file_name.lnk", not in "C:\Program Files". And is the program file really in "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users".

Perhaps you have the wrong paths set?

Even if the paths are correct, you may well have problems writing anything to "C:\Program Files", as Vista and Win7 protect that area under UAC.

M23

[teunteunteun]

teunteunteun,

On my Vista machine, my Desktop shortcuts are stored as "C:\Users\my_user_name\Desktop\file_name.lnk", not in "C:\Program Files". And is the program file really in "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users".

Perhaps you have the wrong paths set?

Even if the paths are correct, you may well have problems writing anything to "C:\Program Files", as Vista and Win7 protect that area under UAC.

M23

XP is diffrent from Vista I guess.

The paths are right i'm sure, maybe there's just a little error in my codeline, i dont know :S.

I just dont seem to get it working.

anybody els any idea on what I should do?

[KaFu]

Give this a try:

$target = "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Bureaublad\Muppet_Babies_GUI.exe"
FileCreateShortcut($target, @DesktopCommonDir & "\MuppetBabiesGUI.lnk", StringLeft($target,StringInStr($target,"\",0,-1)) , "" , "Muppet Babies" , "C:\Program Files\Muppet_Babies\BABYKER.ico")

[teunteunteun]

Give this a try:

$target = "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Bureaublad\Muppet_Babies_GUI.exe"
FileCreateShortcut($target, @DesktopCommonDir & "\MuppetBabiesGUI.lnk", StringLeft($target,StringInStr($target,"\",0,-1)) , "" , "Muppet Babies" , "C:\Program Files\Muppet_Babies\BABYKER.ico")

awesome, thanks so much

love u people @ autoit forum =) allways know the answer

[hessebou]

Give this a try:

$target = "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Bureaublad\Muppet_Babies_GUI.exe"
FileCreateShortcut($target, @DesktopCommonDir & "\MuppetBabiesGUI.lnk", StringLeft($target,StringInStr($target,"\",0,-1)) , "" , "Muppet Babies" , "C:\Program Files\Muppet_Babies\BABYKER.ico")

thanks, your solution also worked for me. never had problems with creating lnk-files, just under vista-64. now all is fine.

[copyleft]

I've got a similar problem that maybe someone can help.

I place a comma in front of my custom startmenu folders so they will always be at the top of the startmenu like this: "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\,Browsers". But autoit doesn't play nice with folders that begin with a comma. I know I could start each folder with an "a" or "x" and achieve the same directory-organizing effect but a comma at the beginning is far less noticeable on the menu. Is there anyway around this since autoit uses commas to separate command statements? 

[KaFu]

This one works fine for me, although I personally prefer an exclamation mark an and underscore ("!_ImFirst")as the first character to shift folders to the top in a sorting.

; see also
; https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/6463/stupid-geek-tricks-how-to-open-the-start-menu-folder-in-windows-7/
FileCreateShortcut(@AutoItExe, @StartMenuDir & "\'_AutoIt_Test.lnk", "", "", "Link to '_AutoIt", RegRead('HKCR\AutoIt3Script\DefaultIcon', ''))

 

Edited November 22, 2017 by KaFu