FileCreateShortcut Not Working For Windows 7

[dannyong]

Hi All

FileCreateShortcut works in Win XP but fails in Windows 7.

Am I missing something or is it a UAC issue?

Appreciate any help on this.

[SadBunny]

Windows 7 64 bits here (with UAC turned on)... FileCreateShortcut("c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe",@DesktopDir&"\cmdlinkje.lnk") worked immediately here. But trying to create the shortcut in a protected directory like c:\windows,like ConsoleWrite (FileCreateShortcut("c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe","c:\windows\cmdlinkje2.lnk")&@CRLF), failed miserably. That was an UAC issue, because after I put "#requireAdmin" on top of my script it succeeded without a problem. (That is, if I answered the UAC popup to allow the program to do major damage to my system like creating this shortcut... )

Edited November 24, 2010 by SadBunny

[dannyong]

Thanks for sharing your experience, SadBunny.