dannyong Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SadBunny Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 (edited) 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 Roses are FF0000, violets are 0000FF... All my base are belong to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannyong Posted November 25, 2010 Author Share Posted November 25, 2010 Thanks for sharing your experience, SadBunny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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