rinox 0 Posted February 4, 2011 Hi, I have a lot of problem to "port" a batch file to autoit, this batch work ok as soon as there's no spaces in the path or name.. so it' s quite not usable.. the dos code: %~dp0\Utils\Shortcut.exe /F:StartServer.lnk /A:C /T:%~dp0\Server\Servertray.exe /W:%~dp0\Server\ /R:3 rundll32 shell32.dll,ShellExec_RunDLL %~dp0\StartServer.lnk del StartServer.lnk The %~dp0 in dos retrieve the full path of the batch but it doesn' t work in a complex path with spaces Shortcut.exe is an utility to create a .lnk dinamically. Please help, thank you Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
water 1,968 Posted February 4, 2011 Can you show us the AutoIt code you have so far? My UDFs and Tutorials: Spoiler UDFs:Active Directory (NEW 2018-12-03 - Version 1.4.11.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiOutlookEX (2018-10-31 - Version 1.3.4.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiiCal (2019-01-22 - Version 0.1.0.0) - Download - General Help & SupportExcelChart (2017-07-21 - Version 0.4.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Example ScriptsPowerPoint (2017-06-06 - Version 0.0.5.0) - Download - General Help & SupportExcel - Example Scripts - WikiWord - Wiki Tutorials:ADO - Wiki Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hannes08 36 Posted February 4, 2011 Hi rinox, try using FileCreateShortcut to create the link. Take a look at the helpfile. But you could also try using ShellExecute or ShellExecuteWait if it is just for running Programs with arguments. You don't neccessarily need to create the shortcuts. Reards, Hannes Regards,Hannes[spoiler]If you can't convince them, confuse them![/spoiler] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites